Sam Flax under negotiation for space.
UPDATE (June 9, 2011): Sam Flax art supply to relocate after 20 years
Kroger is closing a 36,000-square-foot Brookwood store.
The grocery store chain will close their store at 1745 Peachtree St. on July 8.
The two level grocery store had “experienced declining sales and negative profit over an extended period of time, and its closing will help Kroger operate more efficiently,” the company said in a statement.
The store’s closing was a decision based on an effort to make “Kroger more competitive in the Atlanta market,” the company said.
With 130 stores in Metro Atlanta, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. said their will be plenty of other locations for store employees to be considered for reassignment.
Sam Flax has a tentative agreement with Kroger to fill the space. Sam Flax, an art supply store, has a location on Northside Drive, less than two miles away.
Rumors abound suggest Sam Flax would not open a second store, rather would move relocate to the now shuttered Brookwood Place Kroger.
Brookwood Place, owned by Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises Inc., has seen several anchor tenants close — Borders Books & Music closed in February which is slated to be replaced by Aveda Institute.
Kroger
1735 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
