The amount of retail space that DC USA is making available for Whole Foods Market is about 35,000 sq. ft., according to Marc Katz, the leasing agent from H&R Retail who is representing Whole Foods Market.  As we reported earlier, this is much less than the 60,000 sq. ft that Whole Foods Market is requiring.  If you look at the space that has been designated for Whole Foods, you can see that it has been divided into two levels.  The upper level seems to be roughly sixty percent the size of the ground level.  This would make the upper level about 13,000 sq. ft. while the ground level would be about 22,000 sq. ft. 

Source:  DCCH

Alternate Grocers 

Many of you have suggested alternate organic grocery stores such as Trader Joe's, My Organic Market, and Yes! Organic Market.  The average size of a Trader Joe's store is 10,000 sq. ft.  A My Organic Market store is similar in size.  Yes! Organic Market locations are significantly smaller.  We are unaware of any locations for any of these grocers that approach 35,000 sq. ft.  If such grocers do come to DC USA, the current retail configuration for Whole Foods Market would have to be significantly altered.  We will try to determine if the DC USA developers would consider these other grocers if Whole Foods Market is completely out of the picture.

Continue Your Support 

We will continue to contact the various parties that are involved in the Whole Foods Market negotiations to gather more information and determine how we as a community can have the most impact.  We will try to ascertain what the developers' plans would be if Whole Foods Market ultimately decides not to come to DC USA.  Any new information that we receive will be reported here.  Please stay tuned.

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