Market Placed

Construction is underway on a new 12,500-square-foot grocery store building within Marina’s Promenade development. City records show Trader Joe’s is the tenant.

Trader Joe’s is coming to Marina, marking the popular grocery store’s third location in Monterey County.

Spokesperson Nakia Rohde writes by email to the Weekly that the company plans to open a store in Marina, but “at this time, we do not have a location or timeline to confirm.

“We are actively looking at hundreds of neighborhoods across the country as we hope to open more new neighborhood stores each year,” Rohde writes.

But building plans filed in March and updated on May 22 show the store’s specifics. It will be located at 150 10th St. as part of The Dunes Promenade, according to City of Marina permit records. The mixed-use development, where The Brass Tap recently opened near the Cinemark Century movie theater, is currently under construction.

According to the plans, the 12,500-square-foot store will have a little more than 100 parking spaces.

Developer Shea Homes announced earlier this year that a “well-known national specialty grocer” had signed a lease in the center to open in late 2024, noting that the name of the store would be revealed in the coming months.

The Promenade development is targeted to be complete by fall.

Once fully built out, the overall The Dunes on Monterey Bay development, which was approved by the Marina City Council in 2005, will consist of 1,237 homes and 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, according to Shea Homes.

In other developments at The Dunes shopping center, Ross Dress for Less filed plans to open in the former Bed Bath & Beyond, which closed in 2022. The Five Below discount store opened earlier this year in the spot formerly occupied by Party City.

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Lars Tiranos

Nestled neatly in a planned, high density neighborhood with new homes starting at a mere $1,200,000.00! Welcome to Silicon Valley Beach!

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