Developer To Open Grocery Store Inside Save a Lot in Austin

The vacant Save A Lot at 5555 W. North Ave. in Austin could soon be home to a new grocery store. At a Sept. 25 meeting at the office of 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts, 4924 W. Chicago Ave., business owner Khaldoon Omer told residents that his investment team signed a lease for the former supermarket. 

Omer said the store will carry fresh meat, produce, and other essentials, and will look to hire locally. He added that zoning approval is in place, but inspections could take several months. 

“We’re still coming up with a name for the store,” he said. “Depending on how fast inspections happen … hopefully we’ll be open within the next two to four months. Around a month before we open, we’ll speak to Ald. Mitts and she’ll notify the neighborhood about job opportunities.”

The old Save A Lot at North and Central has been vacant since 2020, when the supermarket chain closed the store without explanation. 

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Read the Block Club Chicago article on the new store here.