Real Estate

COPPELL, Texas -- Minyard Food Stores, Inc., based here, closed its Minyard store at 2320 S. Collins in Arlington, Texas on Saturday. Another store in Arlington, at 4400 Green Oaks, remains open.

MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Southeastern chain Harris Teeter here continues to set its sights northward, as the retailer prepares to build a new store in Columbia, Md. beginning this summer, according to published reports. The new unit, which will reportedly be located on the site of a Safeway store set to be demolished, would be one of 19 new stores Harris Teeter has planned for 2006.

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. -- PriceRite, which bills itself as an extreme-value supermarket with prices 50 percent lower than those of its competitors, is scheduled to open new stores in Pittsfield and Swansea, Mass. and Hamden, Conn., a prospect that could make many of its future rivals nervous.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here and Macy's could be the anchor stores of a proposed high-end mall in Virginia's well-heeled Prince William County, where the population is booming.

LEDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The fate of a 28,000-square-foot ShopRite in Netcong, N.J. appears uncertain following news that the 2.42-acre site on which it sits has been put up for sale or lease by owner PECD Realty. The store is owned by RoNetco Supermarkets here, which operates seven ShopRites in northwest New Jersey

BOISE, Idaho -- With its board reportedly expected to meet last night, Albertson's Inc. here appeared close to being sold to the consortium of retailers and financial buyers that had tried once and failed to close a deal for the chain for roughly $9.6 billion.

PORTLAND, Maine --Whole Foods and Wild Oats could soon find themselves closer than they'd like here, thanks to Whole Foods' reported plan to purchase Whole Grocer, an independent natural food store that is located next door to a Wild Oats location.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. -- Dollar General Corp. here said on Friday that Gayle Aertker and Paul DiBrito have joined the company's real estate department as s.v.p. of real estate and v.p. of real estate, respectively. DiBrito's background includes stints at both A&P and the Fleming Cos., experience that could come in handy as Dollar General expands its food-heavy Dollar General Market format.