Safeway Monterey,CA
Former Safeway store located at 570 Munras Ave. in Monterey,CA. This store building in 1951 was one of the oldest Safeway stores remaining in operation up until its closure (in December 2007). The store even retained a set of manual doors facing the street! Safeway renovated the interior of the store sometime in the 1980's but the general layout remained the same as it had when it opened.
The store closed when Safeway chose not to renew their lease in 2007 and the building sat vacant for a few months thereafter. The City worked with a potential group of tenants who were looking into occupying the vacant building. Trader Joes was best suited for the site and renovations were under way for the store by January 2008. Only weeks before the anticipated opening a car smashed into the building and started ransacking everything in its path. The opening was then pushed back and by early this year was officially opened. Trader Joes seemed to be doing a good business in the building along with a non-related pharmacy occupying about 1/4 of the space.
Safeway Monterey,CA
Former Safeway store located at 570 Munras Ave. in Monterey,CA. This store building in 1951 was one of the oldest Safeway stores remaining in operation up until its closure (in December 2007). The store even retained a set of manual doors facing the street! Safeway renovated the interior of the store sometime in the 1980's but the general layout remained the same as it had when it opened.
The store closed when Safeway chose not to renew their lease in 2007 and the building sat vacant for a few months thereafter. The City worked with a potential group of tenants who were looking into occupying the vacant building. Trader Joes was best suited for the site and renovations were under way for the store by January 2008. Only weeks before the anticipated opening a car smashed into the building and started ransacking everything in its path. The opening was then pushed back and by early this year was officially opened. Trader Joes seemed to be doing a good business in the building along with a non-related pharmacy occupying about 1/4 of the space.