AFTER serving a community for 60 years, a grocery store is closing as the city it is located in plans to develop a new multi-level housing project.
Lucky grocery store in Millbrae, California, is scheduled to shutter on November 3 permanently.
A grocery store has occupied the lot at 45 Murchison Drive since the 1960s, according to The SM Daily Journal.
A long-time resident, Judith Sullivan, talked to the publication outside the soon-to-be-closing store.
"We have been shopping here since the 1960s, and it’s been the best store convenience-wise, so this is really terrible," Sullivan said.
The store has adopted several names as the ownership structure changed ownership structures multiple times.
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Millbrae's mayor, Mary Ann Schneider, told the publication that the city is working to procure another grocery store for the area.
"We hope that we can bring in a new supermarket," Schneider said.
"So, one door closes and new opportunities."
The building has been rezoned into a mixed-use residential and retail building.
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New construction will resurrect the 85 to 125-foot-tall building with low-income housing.
"We would love to work with the property owner to redevelop the site with high-density residential mixed-use," City Manager Tom Williams said.
"[It's] one of the few sites in the city that is highly suited for high-density housing, and it is walking distance to transit; it’s ideal."
The community has several other grocery options in the area.
A Lunardi's Market sits on the other side of the parking lot that Lucky Market is leaving.
Lucky supermarkets are part of privity equity firm Kingswood Capital Management's 200 grocery offerings, according to its website.
The company runs stores in California and Nevada.
A statement from Kingswood Capital on the closure said employees can transfer to another store.
OTHER GROCERY CLOSURES
Save Mart, one of the other grocery brands under the same management, announced plans to close another store in Tahoe City, California.
The store is closing after the landlord decided not to renew the lease.
"We have proudly served the Tahoe City community for more than 50 years and are deeply disappointed in this decision," a company spokesperson previously told The U.S. Sun.
"Tahoe City Save Mart associates will be offered job opportunities at other stores at The Save Mart Companies. We are actively exploring other locations so that we can continue to serve the Tahoe City community."
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