Aldi is expected to open Downtown by early 2026 and in preparation, the city is reviewing renovation permits – and now those for three signs that will show the German grocer’s name and logo.
Prime Sign Installation LLC of Jacksonville is the contractor for the three sign permits, submitted Sept. 19, at an estimated project cost of $6,400 at the former Harveys Supermarket at 777 N. Market St.
Work on the conversion has been underway.
On Aug. 26, the city issued a permit for M.E. Construction Inc. of Melbourne to demolish some portions of the interior and exterior of the building at a project cost of $183,245. That followed a permit Aug. 18 for landscape and site work at $160,000.
The city also is reviewing a permit application for M.E. Construction to build-out about 25,000 square feet of the roughly 31,000-square-foot supermarket for Aldi and leave the remaining space for lease to another tenant.
APD Engineering & Architecture PLLC of Victor, New York, is the project engineer.
The Harveys Supermarket closed in late June.
The store was built in 1981 for Winn-Dixie, which later converted into the Harveys banner.
In March 2024, Aldi bought Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., which operated about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Aldi then started converting some stores to its banner.
A group led by former Southeastern Grocers LLC CEO Anthony Hucker bought 170 of stores back from Aldi this year and said it would continue to operate others targeted for an Aldi conversion until they closed for the construction.
Aldi Inc. continues to convert the Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores, including 13 in Northeast Florida, on its path to expanding its discount grocery format throughout the Southeast.
It also is working on site upgrades, and landlords are marketing the extra space that Aldi creates because the format is about half the size of a Winn-Dixie.
Aldi has not announced when all of the converted stores will reopen.
Stores.Aldi.US shows 17 stores in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. Those include at least five of the 13 stores Aldi bought.
It appears that Aldi will about double its pre-purchase presence in Northeast Florida to 25 locations.
The U.S. headquarters for Aldi is in Batavia, Illinois.