{"id":124453,"date":"2025-08-06T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124453\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:08:10","slug":"huge-asian-grocery-store-lotte-plaza-market-set-to-open-in-former-best-buy-building-on-atlantic-blvd-on-aug-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124453\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Asian grocery store Lotte Plaza Market set to open in former Best Buy building on Atlantic Blvd. on Aug. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lotte Plaza Market, an international supermarket that specializes in Asian groceries, said it will open its Jacksonville store Sept. 12.<\/strong> \u2013 Lotte Plaza Market, an international supermarket that specializes in Asian groceries, said it will open its Jacksonville store Sept. 12, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The market is being built-out in the former Best Buy at 9355 Atlantic Blvd., not far from Regency Square Mall in Arlington.<\/p>\n

The posted hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The store is open 365 days a year.<\/p>\n

The city issued a permit Feb. 4, 2025, for General Sign Service Corp. of Jacksonville to put up the supermarket\u2019s sign. That follows a permit issued Nov. 15, 2024, for Lotte Plaza Market to renovate the store at a cost of $8.99 million.<\/p>\n

President Alvin Lee said by email July 15, 2024, that his group was scheduled to start construction in 2024 for a fall or winter opening but changes in the city permitting system resulted in a delay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe we are near the finish line and the contractors are ready to go once the permits are issued,\u201d he said in July.<\/p>\n

Hawkins Construction Co. of Tarpon Springs is the contractor renovating the 45,799-square-foot store.<\/p>\n

Plans show interior and exterior renovations.<\/p>\n

Inside, plans show grocery, meat, seafood and produce areas and at least seven food vendor stations and a food court area.<\/p>\n

There also is space for a bakery.<\/p>\n

Lotte Plaza Market stores offer meats, seafood, produce and specialty products, including packaged teas, sauces and fresh fruits and vegetables. They also have food courts and bakeries.<\/p>\n

The stores carry Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Philippine, Thai and Indian products, among other foods.<\/p>\n

The Maryland-based company has 16 stores comprising seven in Virginia, six in Maryland, two in Florida and one in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

It opened in Orlando in 2019 and in Tampa in November 2023.<\/p>\n

Lotteplaza.com<\/a>\u00a0says the company was founded in 1976 and opened in Maryland in 1989.<\/p>\n

The company has a goal of opening 50 Lotte Plaza Market locations by 2030.<\/p>\n

At the Richmond, Virginia, store opening in May 2024, Lee said the next opening would be in Jacksonville and then Miami.<\/p>\n

The Richmond store has a French-Asian bakery and an Asian food court with Korean, Japanese and other kiosks.<\/p>\n

Lee said by email July 15 that Lotte Plaza Market chose Jacksonville for its population and its difference from the rest of the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cA large, diverse population and a dynamic, growing environment are some of the things that attracted us to Jacksonville,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent in many ways from central Florida and south Florida, we believe Jacksonville has a unique vibe and cultural heritage different from the rest of Florida. I think the City will continue to enjoy steady growth into the future and we want to be a part of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lee said the interior will look like the company\u2019s new platform stores in Tampa and Richmond.<\/p>\n

Best Buy built the consumer electronics store in 1999 and closed it in March 2021.<\/p>\n

SW Jacksonville LLC, led by Maryland-based Sungwon Distributor LLC agent Sang Lee, bought the 3.4-acre site in January 2022.<\/p>\n

Sungwon Distributor LLC is based in Jessup, Maryland. Sung Lee is the CEO.<\/p>\n

Sang Lee registered with the state to do business in Florida.<\/p>\n

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