GTB Area Retail Blog

Publix #2141 3050 19th Avenue NE, Apollo Beach, FL - Wolf Creek Commons Publix #2141 opened on August 13, 2026 , being the first of the new 50M-formatted stores in Hillsborough County and the first Publix with a mezzanine (partial second level) in Apollo Beach. Although the Publix website has a Ruskin, FL 33570 address and the Google Maps listing has an Apollo Beach, FL 33572 address, the shopping center is inside Apollo Beach area limits. Debuted as a successor to the 48M with the opening of store 2117 (Thompson Nursery in Winter Haven) on June 18, 2026, the square footage of Publix's 50M stores is 50,325 square feet compared to 48,387 square feet for the existing 48M model, making it 1,938 square feet larger. The interior layout is similar to a 48M although with some noticeable changes. This is the new chainwide design of informational signage placed at the main doors. It is back to being taped directly to the window instead of on a separate frame. Although not shown, since th...

Welcome to 2026 here on the GTB Area Retail Blog! To start off the new year (and for my first post in 7 months), here is a quick tour of Publix #1373 in the Tampa Palms area. Publix #1373 16041 Tampa Palms Blvd W, Tampa, FL - City Plaza at Tampa Palms This first-generation 54M model Publix supermarket (54,330 square feet) opened on August 12, 2010 and replaced Publix #344 (a 55,000 square foot "combination store") that opened on August 4, 1988 and closed in early 2010. If you don't know on what makes the 54M-1 stores different from the 54M-2, the 54M-1 is essentially a larger version of the 45M with the same layout. Publix Liquors #1373 was added next to the main store upon its opening. Store 1373 originally opened with the Bamboo Environment Package and received two remodels: Sienna in 2014 and Evergreen in 2021. The opening dates for both stores can be found below, the first is from Docketbird (Association for Disabled Americans v. Publix Super Markets) and the second ...

Jo-Ann Fabrics was founded as the Cleveland Fabric Shop in 1943. Twenty years later, new stores opened under the Jo-Ann name in 1963 after further expansion outside the single Ohio store. In 1959, Jo-Ann was incorporated as Fabri-Centers of America. In September 1998, the company changed its name to Jo-Ann Stores. After being publicly traded for 12 years, Jo-Ann was sold to private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners on March 23, 2010 and was delisted from the American Stock Exchange (now NYSE American) a year later. In 2021, Jo-Ann filed an initial public offering on the NASDAQ and traded under the stock ticker symbol JOAN. This was the second time in history that Jo-Ann was a public company. However, Leonard Green & Partners retained a majority stake in Jo-Ann Stores. On March 18, 2024, Jo-Ann Stores first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, stock trading was stopped on March 28th with the delisting on April 9th. Jo-Ann was reorganized as a private compa...