The Market Report

H Mart Owner:  Il Yeon Kwon Opened: 2001-2025; reopened 2026 Previous Tenants: unknown Location: 1720 NJ-70, Cherry Hill, NJ Photographed:  June 5, 2026 The H Mart in Cherry Hill was one of the chain's relatively early stores outside the immediate New York metro area -- this store is close to Philly, not New York -- having opened in 2001, and it had become rather outdated . The basement supermarket closed in 2025 for remodeling, and over about a year it was expanded from the original 24,000 square feet or so to its present size of just under 40,000 square feet by taking up both floors of the building it's in. Now, the main supermarket is still in the basement, but nonfoods like kitchenwares, paper and cleaning, and personal care items have been moved up to the main floor. Also on the main floor is a large new food court with multiple vendors, and an attached Paris Baguette bakery/cafe. You can see the general shape of the building here, and the supermarket takes up the bas...

H Mart Opened: 2014 Owner:  Il Yeon Kwon Previous Tenants:  Harvest Co-Op Market Cooperative:  none Location:  581 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA Photographed:  October 5, 2018 and November 1, 2025 Welcome to the oldest H Mart in the immediate Boston area! And having opened just 11 years ago, it's not that old. (An older store is in Burlington , farther outside the city.) Since this store's opening, H Mart has also opened up shop in Quincy , Brookline , and Somerville . This store backs up to a municipal parking lot, where there's another entrance to the supermarket. The front-end crosses the store here, with the food court nearer to Massachusetts Avenue in the front of the store, to the left in the above photo, and the main supermarket is in the back of the building, to the right in the above photo. The supermarket is just shy of 20,000 square feet, though a recent remodel brought it up to around 24,000 square feet. More on that remodel later. You enter off ...