The opening date is set for this new Publix grocery store in Columbus near Old Town
The new Publix anchoring the Old Town Marketplace development on Veterans Parkway plans to open its doors next week.
Columbus Properties Inc., an Atlanta-based company, built the new development across the street from Old Town and initially expected the grocery store to open in 2024.
Instead, Publix will open on Dec. 6, Columbia Properties managing partner Dan O’Neill told the Ledger-Enquirer.
Old Town developers planned on a grocery store coming to the area when they first envisioned the community more than 10 years ago, Wendy Elliot, vice president of the Woodruff Brokerage Company, told the Ledger-Enquirer.
“Publix is the best (grocery store) in our market,” she said. “And we really wanted them. We’re excited that we’re right at our 10-year anniversary, and they’re opening up a new prototype store.”
Publix will occupy about 48,000 square feet in the development, Elliot said, with 15,000 square feet of shop space. The Old Town Marketplace is about 69,000 square feet in total, according to Columbia Properties.
Grand opening events will begin at 6:30 a.m. next Wednesday, Elliot said, with the store opening at 7 a.m.
Along with Publix, Old Town Marketplace will be home to the following businesses:
Luxury Nail Spa
Great Clips
Jersey Mike’s
Brodwyn Chiropractic
Ageless Medical Aesthetics
Monarca Mexican Restaurant
Mongolian Bowl Cafe
Starbucks
Gutherie’s Chicken
Taco Bell
The upcoming businesses in Old Town Marketplace are part of the vision of Old Town, Elliot said. Old Town started as a family homesite, she said, and the owner wanted to give back.
“That’s when he purchased more land and decided to develop Old Town to be able to give something back to the community,” Elliot said.
