Whole Foods, a natural and organic foods supermarket, is preparing to open an approximately 42,000 square foot space in the first phase of the mixed-use Ashley Park development, which is located at the intersection of Fairview and Sharon Roads in the SouthPark area of Charlotte.
Whole Foods already has a North Carolina presence with stores in Asheville, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, and plans for additional stores opening in North Raleigh in 2011 and Greensboro in 2012. The Charlotte store will broke ground over the spring 2011 on the Ashley Park site and has a targeted opening date of spring 2012.