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| The future home of Aldi. |
Construction on the Aldi grocery store at 7000 Columbia Pike is expected to start next Monday, Nov. 28. The store will have approximately 12,000 square feet of selling space, with four or five aisles, as is typical for ALDI stores, says Jeff Baehr, vice president of the ALDI Frederick Division in Maryland.
Aldi Inc. announced in August that the store would be moving into a space formerly occupied by the Bloom grocery store in the Annandale Shopping Center. The has been vacant since Bloom closed in winter 2012.
Aldi Inc. announced in August that the store would be moving into a space formerly occupied by the Bloom grocery store in the Annandale Shopping Center. The has been vacant since Bloom closed in winter 2012.
“We are looking forward to joining the Annandale community to bring shoppers the highest-quality groceries, at the lowest possible prices,” Baehr says. “The store will offer shoppers a modern and convenient shopping environment with inviting colors, high ceilings, natural lighting, and environmentally friendly building materials, such as energy-saving refrigeration and LED lighting.”
“The store will be simple to navigate with easy-to-spot product signage and prominent product prices,” he says. “ALDI is known for saving shoppers money on the groceries they buy most,” such as fresh meat, bread, dairy, produce, and household items.
At the other end of the shopping center, Lambros Goldsmiths has opened a temporary jewelry store in a section of a former gym. A health clinic is slated to move into the rest of that space.