Wegmans Coming to Westchester

HARRISON, NY — Wegmans, the popular Rochester-based supermarket chain whose fans are always asking for more locations, plans to open its first Westchester County market near I-287, I-684 and the Hutchinson River Parkway.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has signed a purchase agreement with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 20-acre parcel of land, located at 106-110 Corporate Park Drive — just off the road known locally as the Platinum Mile.

“We look forward to the day when we can welcome customers into our Harrison store and help them make delicious, easy meals,” said Wegmans Sr. Vice President of Real Estate Ralph Uttaro. “Harrison is an ideal place for us to deliver on our promise of incredible customer service, the best ingredients, restaurant-quality prepared foods, and consistent low prices.”

The 100-year-old family-owned supermarket chain plans to build a standalone 125,000 sq. ft. store and 8,000 sq. ft. complementary retail "outparcel." The site is currently a vacant office complex that will be demolished before construction begins.

Wegmans and Normandy Real Estate Partners are jointly seeking municipal approvals for the project.

According to Wegmans officials, design plans are not finalized and a construction timeline and projected opening date for the store won’t be determined until all necessary approvals are in place.

Company officials pointed out that the Harrison site is conveniently 2.5 miles west of the Connecticut state border.

It's also 45 miles northeast of Wegmans’ Woodbridge, NJ store, the one closest to downstate New York.

In New York State alone, Wegmans operates 46 stores in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier region, and has also announced plans for a store in Brooklyn. The remaining of Wegmans’ 92 stores are located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.

Meanwhile, here's a list of Wegman's scheduled openings:

• Opening Summer 2017! Hanover Township, NJ I-287 & NJ Route 10 in Morris County
• Opening Fall 2017! Medford, MA Meadow Glen Mall at Mystic Valley Pkwy & Locust St. in Middlesex County
• Opening Fall 2017! Montvale, NJ W. Grand Avenue & Mercedes Drive in Bergen County
• Opening 2018: Chantilly, VA East of Rt. 28 & Westfields Blvd in Fairfax County
• Opening 2018! Lancaster, PA Harrisburg Pike, east of U.S. Route 30 interchange in Lancaster County
• Opening 2018! Natick, MA Natick Mall in Middlesex County