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Thursday, December 29, 2011 , Updated 4:18 p.m., December 29, 2011
UPDATED: Trader Joe’s opening stores on Lower Greenville and in Plano
On Lower Greenville, in the old Arcadia Theater space.
Steve Ryan
Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's has announced two new locations for stores, including one in Dallas and one in Plano.
The Dallas store will open on Lower Greenville Avenue where the Arcadia Theater stood.
In Plano, the store will open in an old Kroger at Preston and Park, in the same shopping center as outdoorsy store REI.
Trader Joe's told the DMN that the Plano store will open in the spring, while the Dallas store will open in the fall.
The first store announced for the area was in Fort Worth at 2701 South Hulen Street, which will open in the spring, as well, along with a store in the Woodlands area of Houston.
Trader Joe's had been looking at the Knox-Henderson neighborhood, specifically the Ed Kellum Appliance space; but Ed Kellum merged with Starpower Home Entertainment Systems in September, and will remain open for now under the Kellum name.
Meanwhile, so much for that whole foodtruck park idea.
UPDATE: With the foodtruck park now confirmed as still happening, one of the big questions has involved parking, which Jon Hetzel of Madison Partners explained will not be a problem.
"We will be demolishing the building at 5631 Sears and expanding the existing parking lot at 5623 Sears," he said. "In addition, we will have two overflow parking lots. One is an existing parking lot at 5614 Sears and the other overflow lot will be at 5610 Bell (both approximately half a block off Greenville). Our total parking will be more than ample to handle the Trader Joe's as well as the Food Park."
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"humbleness"??????
Um, Mr. Means (reporter), your fourth-grade English teacher is going to smack yo
lakewooder, anonymous:
Big score for East Dallas.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
i'm very stoked about that location. all that optimistic speculation about a TJ's going into the old Whole Foods space ... this is pretty damn close
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WhitneyTM, anonymous:
WooHOO! Was worried I'd have to fight Henderson traffic.
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BornToRhone, anonymous:
mapquest says this is 1.47 miles from my house - I am so psyched! Now I can finally stop carting home a suitcase full of food everytime I visit friends in Chicago.
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njh618, anonymous:
While I'm excited to have it so close, won't parking be an issue? It is for every other business on lower Greenville...
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u4ea50, anonymous:
YAY!!
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brandoncastillo, anonymous:
Even though the food truck park isn't happening, I was nonetheless excited for a park getting put in there. The recent streetscaping reflects good urbanism, but it also needs a public destination to be really effective. In other words, a place for people to gather without having to spend money. Imagine Washington Square Park or Union Square in Lowest Greenville.
I'm told that Trader Joes can't go into the old Whole Foods space because WF still has the lease to the building. But it just makes too much sense for TJ to fill that out instead of building a new facility on a smaller plot of land.
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hempy, anonymous:
Mmm, Two Buck Chuck is coming to town
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
Brandon, the landlords who own this piece of real estate have said that a foodtruck park is still going in; i think they'll probably be sending out some kind of Big Important Statement on the topic later today
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production9342, anonymous:
Why not use the old,lower Greenville Whole Foods parking lot for a temporary food truck court on the weekends? DUH??!!
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marklandson, anonymous:
Doesn't the City of Dallas still have excessively restrictive laws that prevent real food trucks from going in there? They were going to have to build a grease trap system and fasten the trailers to comply with the code if I remember correctly.
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Nancy Nichols, verified:
Can we get a Marie Callender's puhleeeze? Make it happen TG!
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JMC, anonymous:
I've been waiting 18 long years for TJ's to come to Texas, so I couldn't be more thrilled that they're landing only about 5 miles from my home! I heartily second the call for Marie Callender's to come to DFW! We need a good pie shop!
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OEsophagus, anonymous:
Crappy parking at Trader Joe's is a tradition.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
JMC, completely agree on the need for a decent pie shop. Nancy Nichols i'm also a big fan of marie callender's. there's one in austin! and loooove House of Pies in Houston.
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steeledf2506, anonymous:
@ OESopagus, you are correct. It is a tradition but these Dallasite peeps are spoiled to the core. hence the land of cement and no bike lanes.
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manny, anonymous:
In-N-Out and now Trader Joe's!?! YESSS!!!
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gigglingtoes, anonymous:
Can you guys find out a closer date to when TJ's is opening in Plano now that we are going on February? I started a new food blog http://gigglingbites.com and I want their stuff for my ingredients...
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
gigglingtoes, "spring" begins in March, so we still have a way to go. i'm sure we'll be posting the date as soon as it's released.
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Clay213, anonymous:
It's about time. Not sure why they waited so long to open in TX other than fear of WFs
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