Grocery stores are having a renaissance, with new, smaller stores being built in urban areas and new ideas in store layout and design to attract pedestrians, not just drivers.
Sam Newberg, writing for ULI, gives a few examples of the trend, including a 55,000 sq. ft. Safeway in Washington, D.C. The parking supply is 40% less than a standard suburban store, and also serves the 685 residential units that share this mixed-use building.
Newberg also points to moves by WalMart and Fresh and Easy to expand into the urban market, and profiles the New Horizons market in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
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