The Market Report

Original Tenant: Foodtown Address: 831 NJ-10, Whippany, Hanover, NJ Opened:  1991 Closed:  ca. 2000 Later Tenants:  Pathmark (ca. 2000-2011) > Farmtastic Supermarket (2014-2015) Photographed:  June 2020 Part 2 of our Pine Plaza coverage deals with this larger supermarket, built in 1991 by Michas Brothers Foodtown as a replacement for a much smaller store in a former A&P next door, which is part 1 . Michas Brothers (later Manyfoods) sold the 35,000 square foot store to Pathmark around 2000, which in turn closed in 2011 as the 20-year lease expired. In Cedar Knolls , we saw a Michas > Manyfoods > LaRacca Foodtown which then closed in early 2014. Well, a few months after the LaRaccas closed Cedar Knolls, they opened this location as Farmtastic Supermarket which lasted all of about 18 months before closing for good in mid to late 2015. As I mention in the A&P post, Pine Plaza is in an extensive redevelopment process which involved clearing out all of t...

This particular location, in the Whippany section of Hanover Township, seems to be a pretty bad spot for a supermarket. Whippany is most famous for the Whippany Railway Museum , which is definitely worth a visit. Here's a little history, the way I understand it...(not to say the way it actually happened): 1950s: Centennial-style A&P built on the property. 1960s: Foodtown takes over A&P. Late 1970s: New Foodtown built next door to the existing Centennial building. Late 1990s/Early 2000s: Foodtown sold to Pathmark. Centennial building next door becomes a drugstore. 2011: Pathmark closes. May 9, 2014: Allegiance-affiliated Farmtastic Supermarket opens, owned by Roberto Laracca. Approximately summer 2015: Farmtastic closes. 2018: Owners of Pine Plaza announce major facade renovation to take place over the course of a few years. How does that sound? That's probably reasonably close to what actually happened, but please, if you have corrections, let me know!  ...