Giant Food Opens New Baltimore Store

Southside Marketplace

Giant Food has opened its latest grocery store within the Southside Marketplace, a 125,146-square-foot shopping center located at 857 E. Fort Ave. in Baltimore, Md.

Giant Food will occupy 44,264 square feet, vacated by a former Shoppers Food & Pharmacy establishment. The new store will open on Friday, Nov. 18.

The opening of Giant Food’s latest location will mark its sixth in Baltimore, as the grocer remains the largest of its kind in the city by market share, square footage and employee size. According to the Baltimore Business Journal, the chain has over 150 locations around the Mid-Atlantic.

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Southside Marketplace was built in 1991 and is currently owned by Regency Centers, which had acquired the property back in 2005, CommercialEdge data shows. Other tenants include Five Below and Quickway Hibachi Grill. The new location in the Southside Marketplace will include Giant’s modern floorplans, full service departments and free Wi-Fi. Customers will also have access to most of Giant’s brand-standard amenities such as online pickup and delivery placement. Located in the city’s Riverside Park neighborhood, the shopping center is within 2 miles of downtown Baltimore and a population of 33,000 residents, according to CommercialEdge information.

Groceries, the retail giant

Giant Food’s latest opening takes place as grocery stores remain among the most in-demand commercial real estate assets in the market. Grocery-anchored shopping centers are seeing some of the highest demand and capital investment from REITs, due in part to their relative resistance to economic headwinds in comparison to other sectors of the retail industry, and a bounce-back from pandemic-era online orders.