With only about five weeks before the Wegmans at 5th Street Station opens, workers are moving equipment and dry goods into the store and company personnel met privately Wednesday with local officials and community organizations. The meeting at the nearly completed store between Fifth and Avon streets was part of the company’s plan to work […]
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New Wegmans employees travel for training as Albemarle location takes shape
With five months to go before the doors open at the Wegmans at 5th Street Station, the grocery chain’s temporary offices at the Ix Building are abuzz with new hires and hopefuls. The 120,000-square-foot store will employ a total of 550 people — 200 full-time and 350 part-time — when it opens in November, said […]
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Aerial view of new Wegmans under construction
At last week’s Tom Tom Founders Festival we learned about Matteus Frankovich’s new aerial photography business — SkycladAP. I asked if he might check out the Fifth Street Station development for Charlottesville Tomorrow and get our readers a bird’s eye view of the new Wegmans grocery store. Here are the impressive results and a look […]
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Transit officials continue planning for new 5th Street Station route
Officials with Charlottesville Area Transit are planning for a new route to serve the Wegmans at 5th Street Station when it opens this fall, but no decision has been made about whether it will travel farther south in Albemarle County. “We’re surveying residents in the Mill Creek area to see what the demand might be […]
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Fifth Street Station and Wegmans to be served by new transit route
When a new Wegmans opens this fall in the new Fifth Street Station shopping center, customers and employees will be able to get there via a new Charlottesville Area Transit route. “We were [originally] told that they would not be opening until April of 2017,” said John Jones, CAT’s manager. However, Jones and his staff […]
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Council clears way for expanded Kroger at new Charlottesville location
One shopping center on U.S. 29 will start a “second life” beginning next summer when one of the region’s three Kroger stores relocates in a revamped space. “We want to upgrade our facilities and have the best stores for our customers in Charlottesville,” said Fenton Childers, Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic real estate manager. The City Council recently […]
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Construction underway at Fifth Street Station; Wegmans set for 2016 opening
After more than 10 years of planning, work is finally underway to build a shopping center in Albemarle, just south of the Charlottesville line, that will be home to a Wegmans grocery store. “We mobilized last week and we’re moving dirt around as we speak,” said Alan Taylor, president of Riverbend Development. “There’s a tremendous […]
