Greenland Mall Construction Update - #3

Target is bustling with shoppers following its grand opening last week. According to this recent MSN Money article, the Greenland target is one of 17 new stores with expanded food options:

The 17 expanded food stores offer all of the merchandise found in our general merchandise stores with the added convenience of fresh food. This new format has an open-market layout and features new food additions including basic fresh produce, fresh meat and bakery goods. Each expanded food format store employs 100-250 team members and is approximately 135,000 square feet.

According to this SeacoastOnline article, the Greenland store has 123,688 square feet of space and employs 165 people. Also, the store has a Starbucks, Target Cafe, and a pharmacy.

The word on the street is that Lowe's (shown above) is targeting an early December opening (UPDATE: according to SeacoastOnline, it's now scheduled for Jan 8, 2010). The shell of the building is coming along and it won't be long before the roof is ready to go on.

Pictured above, just behind the red Target ball, is the gravel space where the new Stop & Shop store will go.

Apparently, they've signed a lease on the land and are paying rent, but as of yesterday, they haven't broken ground on the new store. I'm not sure why construction is delayed, but I'll dig a little to see what I can learn and provide an update later.

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Greenland Mall Construction Update #1

Greenland Mall Construction Update #2

SeacoastOnline - Greenland Target Store Opens

Greenland Mall Construction Update - #2

A few weeks ago I did a post about the progress at the new shopping center that's under construction in Greenland, NH. I thought I'd do a quick update on the progress on the new Target and Lowe's stores, and get some new photos.

As you can see from these new photos, Target certainly looks ready to go. Although before you head on over to Greenland, you should know that the grand opening for Target isn't until July 26th.

Even though the store isn't open yet, the parking lot was bustling when I shot these photos. Presumably, these cars belong to the new employees who are stocking the shelves and getting ready for the grand opening.

Even the shopping carts and cash registers look ready to go!

Progress on the Lowe's building to the left of the new Target, is not quite as far along. The shell of the building is more defined than it was in my previous post, but the construction crew on this job has lots to do before Lowe's will be doing any grand openings. I think they're still on track for a fall/winter opening at Lowe's. (UPDATE: according to SeacoastOnline, the opening is scheduled for Jan 8, 2010).

Despite all this activity on the site, there's still no sign of a Stop and Shop building. There is an unpaved empty gravel area to the right of Target, that I presume will be the Stop and Shop building, but so far there's no sign of any construction there. Let's hope they're not a victim of the tough economy.

Greenland Mall Construction Update

This post is a quick update on the progress of the 56 acre, 300,000 sq. ft shopping mall project in Greenland NH. The new mall will house a Target, a Lowe's, and a Stop and Shop grocery store. Massachusetts based Packard Development is apparently on track for a staggered opening of the property in the second half of this year.

As you can see from the photo above, the new Greenland Target appears all but done from the outside. That's good since the grand opening is scheduled for July 26th.

Below you can see the beginnings of the foundation for Target's future neighbor, presumably Lowe's.

According to a Lowe's press release, the Greenland, NH location will have 117,000 sq ft of retail space with an additional 29,000 sq ft of outdoor garden center space. Also according to Lowe's, a store of this size typically costs around $18.5 million and creates an estimated 175 new jobs. The photos below show bricklayers fast at work on the back wall of the new structure.

Although the Target opening date is set for next month, opening dates for Lowe's and Stop and Shop haven't yet been established, but are roughed in for the fall/winter of 2009. (UPDATE: according to SeacoastOnline, the Lowe's opening now set for Jan 8, 2010).

The 56 acre site formerly housed an Osram-Sylvania manufacturing plant which had been sitting idle for ten or fifteen years.