Whole Foods Coming To Parsippany In 2019

PARSIPPANY, NJ — The controversial Waterview Plaza Whole Foods is on track to open in 2019, a spokesperson for the grocery store told Patch.

It will be located on Route 46, between Waterview Boulevard and Intervale Road, and the building will be a new construction. A spokesperson told Patch in 2013 that while it does use existing buildings, a new building made "the most sense" in Parsippany. Ground was broken on the project in July.

The store was first announced in 2012 to mixed reactions from locals: many residents were excited the upscale grocer was coming to town, while others said the proposed location would negatively impact nearby homes. The company was originally hoping to open in 2015, a date that's long passed as the developer, RD Management, sued the township over zoning requirements.

Eventually the town council denied the project, and RD Management refiled plans for the plaza in mid-2014, omitting townhouses.

Waterview Plaza is expected to have a number of retailers in addition to the Whole Foods. Patch has reached out to RD Management for more information on other businesses.

Whole Foods is known for their organic and local foods. There are currently two other locations in Morris County: Morristown and Madison.

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