Former Wegman’s site at Natick Mall to be taken over by Asian grocer
Photo | Courtesy of Wegmans
Wegmans' former location in Natick will soon be the home of a new Asian grocery store.
An Asian grocery store will open later this year in a Natick Mall location formerly occupied by a short-lived Wegmans location.
T MARKET, a high-end Asian grocery store offering produce, meats and seafood, ready-to-eat meals and street food stalls, will occupy the two-floor, 75,000-square-foot space in December, according to a CoStar listing for the property. The firm signed the lease in February.
The grocer plans on offering high-quality products in a store with amenities to include smart checkout systems, self-order kiosks, and contactless shopping tools, according to T MARKET’s website. The firm says its Chinese name, Yang Xiansheng, is a tribute to its founder’s family name of Yang, roughly translating to Sir Yang, according to Google Translate.
New York-based Wegmans opened a location at the site of a former JCPenney in 2018, its first attempt at a multi-level, mall-based store. Wegmans shuttered the location about five years later, saying the non-traditional location failed to attract enough business to warrant keeping it open.
Nick Marona of Pennsylvania-based Brookfield Properties, the firm which owns the Natick Mall, served as the leasing representative for the T MARKET deal.
The pending opening of T MARKET comes as the Natick Mall continues to focus on attracting non-traditional tenants to former big box retail stores, including tech-infused mini golf, pickleball, and Level99.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the manufacturing and real estate industries.
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