The Market Report

Tops Friendly Markets Opened:  2018 Previous Tenants:  Ames (1960s-?) > Hannaford (2008-2018) Location:  1936 US-6, Carmel, NY Photographed:  May 2019 At the east end of the strip mall where we saw a former Grand Union yesterday is a 62,000 square foot Tops Friendly Markets. It's a former Hannaford that was sold to Tops when Hannaford parent Delhaize and Stop & Shop parent Ahold merged, likely due to the store's proximity to the newly built Mahopac Stop & Shop . In that store tour, I mentioned that the Stop & Shop didn't blow me away. This store absolutely did, and I wonder why they decided to keep the smaller Stop & Shop instead of the larger and far more deluxe Hannaford while canceling the plans for the Stop & Shop and perhaps selling the store. The attractive, if somewhat bland, exterior is all original to Hannaford. Inside, we'll see that Tops remodeled the store fully while keeping Hannaford's layout intact. ...

Original Tenant:  Grand Union Address: 1844 US-6, Carmel, NY Opened:  1960s Closed:  unknown Later Tenants:  Key Food (2001-2004?) Photographed:  November 2018 So let's see if I can reconstruct the story of what happened here. This mall opened sometime in the 1960s anchored by a Grand Union at the west end and an Ames at the east end. When Grand Union went under in 2001, like so many other of their smaller locations in the southern Hudson Valley, it was sold to a Key Food operator. Key Food presumably didn't last long, closing by 2004. At some point, Hannaford either took over the GU/Key Food or simply moved into the department store. Given that the Grand Union building was only 23,000 square feet, it probably wouldn't have been too appealing for Hannaford. Hannaford opened in the former Ames location in 2008, but when Hannaford parent Delhaize merged with Stop & Shop parent Ahold in 2016, they sold the 62,000 square foot Hannaford to Tops...