Nordstrom

Typical mall location

 Nordström don't have many stores in the Northeast, and even closed some because of the pandemic, but maybe now could open new ones.  We only have Nordström Rack in Syracuse, just like we had Macys Closeout before we had the full-sized parent store (there used to be a small one downtown), and Filenes Basement, but never the main chain (only went in Albany).  Nordström proper is mainly downstate, but it's long overdue Upstate.

Syracuse - former JCPenney or Lord & Taylor, Destiny USA

New Hartford - former Macys, Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A

Cheektowaga - former Lord & Taylor, Walden Galleria

Albany - former Caldor/Best Buy, Crossgates Mall; US 20

Rochester - former Macys, NY 252

Watertown - former Bon-Ton, Salmon Run Mall, NY 3 & CR 100

Ithaca - former Bon-Ton, The Shops at Ithaca Mall, NY 34

Johnson City - former Sears, Macys or Bon-Ton; Oakdale Mall, NY 201 & CR 85

Neiman Marcus

Bay Area store

 Now that Neiman Marcus have exited administration, they could look into new stores again.  I've been meaning to do this one, but wanted to wait until they were on solid ground once more.

Syracuse - former JCPenney or Lord & Taylor, Destiny USA

Albany - former Best Buy, Crossgates Mall, US 20

New Hartford - former Macys or Dicks, Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A

Cheektowaga - former Lord & Taylor, NY 277

Victor - former Lord & Taylor, NY 96

Henrietta - former Macys, Marketplace Mall, NY 252

West Nyack - former JCPenney or Lord & Taylor, Palisades Centre, NY 303 & 59

Poughkeepsie - former JCPenney, Poughkeepsie Galleria, US 9

Pleasant Family Shopping: Tales of the Grand Union

Former Cazenovia store (now Kinney Pharmacy)

Pleasant Family Shopping: Tales of the Grand Union: A familiar face to grocery shoppers throughout the Northeast states (and even more so to those Northeasterners who vacationed in Florida), t...

Piggly Wiggly

Typical store in Alabama

 In a bizarre twist of fate, trailblazing southern chain Piggly Wiggly, which I heard of years ago through someone I used to know who may have once lived in Georgia, I believe, is opening in Watertown, NY (the first outside the South and Midwest; not to be confused with an existing store in Watertown, WI) according to CBS 7 WWNY, buying one of the two Tops stores in Jefferson County in the North Country, with the other going to Grand Union because of Tops' merger with Price Chopper and the overlap in a dozen small towns.  Both Grand Union and Piggly Wiggly are part of C&S now, but have competed in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast generations ago.  Piggly Wiggly have a midwestern division now, but have now worked their way east across the Great Lakes to the Thousand Islands region of all places.  Since they can now be seen in these parts like they say down there in the south, they could work their way further up the eastern seaboard.  A segue after the last article was about another past competitor.  I've gotta come up with a different kind of post next time as I'm the Flickinger of blogs now (of Super Duper legacy)!

Greene - former Great American

Syracuse (south side) - former Tops/P&C/A&P, Valley Plaza, US 11

Syracuse (Westvale) - former P&C/Tops, NY 5

Mattydale - former kmart, US 11

Oswego - former Peebles/Gordmans, NY 104

Bridgeport - former Victory/Great American, NY 31 & 298

Lyons - former Tops, NY 31

Fulton - former kmart, River Glen Plaza, NY 481

Phoenix - former Sharon Chevrolet, CR 57

Wayne - former ShopRite, NJ 504

Sidney - former Great American

Geneva - NY 14A, Pyramid Plaza; former Tops, Cherribundi and RealEats

Paramus - former Grand Union/Stop & Shop/Acme, NJ 17

Various - former BI-LO (see previous post)

Troy - former Price Chopper, US 4 (Lansingburgh)

Binghamton - former Weis/Giant (as of 3/3/24), NY 7

Bye, BI-LO

Former Lancaster, SC location

 While a handful of states away down the coast from New York, something like the closure of BI-LO last year in the South is never a good sign for the industry.  This is not the same chain that was sister to P&C and Quality in Northeast Pennsylvania and is still in business (Quality [not Kroger's QFC] and Franklin County's Big Bear [OH Capital Region, not GA Capital Region] are the only two Penn Traffic divisions that went the way of A&P and Safeway's Dominick's).  This BI-LO and Tops were formerly owned by Dutch company Ahold until both spun off and became independent, BI-LO Holdings becoming Southeastern Grocers.  While Tops survived bankruptcy and merged with Price Chopper, BI-LO could not this time.  Many locations were sold to Food Lion, who were owned by Belgian based Delhaize who merged with their Benelux rival (now-sister chain Hannaford used to be in the mid-Atlantic themselves until 2000 when it became one, having moved down the eastern seaboard after buying Wilsons.  Some stores went to Lowes [not the DIY one], likely because of state and FTC regulations). In 2023, Southeastern subsidiaries Winn-Dixie and Harveys were sold to ALDI.  Some will keep their name, while some smaller ones will just become the same ALDIs you can find almost anywhere in the country or some of Europe

I've never set foot south of Virginia myself, so I just can't do this the same way as usual, so it'll be more generalised this time.  Former BI-LOs could be sold to Food Lion (many have so far), Lidl (ALDIs chief rival in the old country), Lowes, Ingles, Publix, Piggly Wiggly, Harris Teeter (whose owner Kroger are in the middle of a merger with Albertsons), Whole Foods/amazon Fresh/Go and Kroger if not converted to former sister chains Winn-Dixie or Harveys (despite the pending sale).  My Google feed told me one location was picked up by a developer, but no further information was available.  At least someone got it, as it's frustrating to see a property with potential sit empty for too long, but these states probably don't have as much red tape as we do up north to say the least (you know how it is).