Plans are advancing for an Aldi conversion in St. Johns County.
The county issued a permit June 23 for the $810,000 build-out of the former Winn-Dixie at 100 Little Cypress Drive in Saint Johns.
It will anchor Grand Cypress Marketplace just southwest of the intersection of Race Track Road and U.S. 1.
The permit says the store will be 20,876 square feet, which is smaller than the typical Winn-Dixie of 37,728-square-foot space, indicating it could be divided.
It is the only Winn-Dixie in St. Johns County publicly identified for conversion to the discount grocer.
WH Bass of Johns Creek, Georgia, is the contractor. Lykes Bros. of Tampa owns the property.
A sign permit for $6,750 was issued to B&S Signs of Jacksonville on April 17.
Aldi bought Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., which operated about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi as of March 7, 2024. The company said it plans to convert about 220 of those locations to its brand by 2027.
The first converted Aldi opened March 20 in a former Harveys at 2261 Edgewood Ave. W. in Northwest Jacksonville.
Its first converted store in Fleming Island in Clay County will open June 26.