{"id":14261,"date":"2019-02-26T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=14261"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:12:37","slug":"mayor-no-shop-rite-or-anything-else-coming-to-former-pathmark-site-in-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/02\/mayor-no-shop-rite-or-anything-else-coming-to-former-pathmark-site-in-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor: No Shop-Rite (Or Anything Else) Coming to Former Pathmark Site in Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The now-shuttered Pathmark supermarket in Brick\u2019s Laurel Square shopping center. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

There\u2019s news on the fate \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 of the Laurel Square shopping center off Route 70 in Brick, once home to a Pathmark supermarket. And the news isn\u2019t good.<\/p>\n

For years since the store closed as part of a bankruptcy proceeding initiated by its parent company in late 2015, rumors have swirled that Shop-Rite or another supermarket chain were interested in opening in the space. Shorebeat confirmed through sources that Shop-Rite, Acme and Foodtown all engaged in at least some preliminary discussions about opening at the site. The rumors can now be put to bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cShop-Rite is definitely out,\u201d said Mayor John Ducey on Tuesday, recounting a phone conversation he had with a representative from Brixmor, the corporate owner of Laurel Square. \u201cOne-hundred percent out. She said they have absolutely no prospects and asked, \u2018do you know any food stores you want us to ask.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Ducey said he was surprised by the question, but found a list of supermarket contacts he had been keeping and read them aloud to the Brixmor rep.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no prospects at all, according to the owner of the plaza,\u201d said Ducey.<\/p>\n

Shorebeat was able to confirm through its source that there are no contracts in place or pending to lease the former Pathmark space.<\/p>\n

Laurel Square, once a bustling shopping center, has consistently lost tenants since its anchor store, Pathmark, shut its doors. A Kmart store that also occupied the far eastern portion of the plaza closed last year but has been renovated and replaced by a location of the At Home home goods chain.<\/p>\n

The property is appraised at $24.5 million, according to county tax records, and paid $656,560 in property taxes in 2018.<\/p>\n

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