Downtown Jacksonville shoppers will soon see a new name on a familiar storefront.
The Harveys Supermarket at 777 N. Market Street in downtown Jacksonville closed in late June to begin converting into an Aldi. This project is part of a stated goal by the grocery chain to convert stores around Florida and expand across the country.
Aldi acquired about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores from Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers in March 2024. The German-based retailer also announced plans to add 800 U.S. stores, including through conversions, by 2028.
About 170 of those stores went back to Southeastern Grocers in February and will continue to operate as Winn-Dixies now.
Earlier this year, Aldi opened its first converted location in the region at 2261 Edgewood Ave. W. in Northwest Jacksonville. Other local conversions include stores in Jacksonville, Fernandina Beach, Fleming Island and St. Johns County.
Aldi currently operates about 14 stores in Northeast Florida, including nine in Jacksonville, but that number is expected to grow significantly as more conversions are completed.
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Renovation plans were shown on a city permit application to total about $810,000. Potential changes to the 31,000-square-foot Harveys will make it into Aldi’s smaller grocery format at about 25,000 square feet. The remaining 6,500 square feet are expected to then be leased to another tenant.
APD Engineering & Architecture PLLC is listed as the project engineer.
There is no official timeline on how long this process might take, but the Edgewood Avenue store conversion took about six months to be completed, indicating a potential grand opening in early 2026.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Aldi to replace Downtown Jacksonville Harveys in regional growth plan