Amazon Fresh has opened a location in Whittier, California, according to Reeco, a Southern California-based real estate brokerage, which just completed the lease of the approximately 38,000-square-foot building in the Friendly Hills Marketplace. The location was formerly an Orchard Supply Hardware store.
“We are thrilled with Amazon’s decision to make the Friendly Hills Marketplace home to one of the first Amazon Fresh stores in the country,” said Darren Barkev, Reeco real estate broker, in a statement. “After Orchard Supply Hardware closed, we targeted the location for grocery store use to reposition the Friendly Hills Marketplace as a daily needs shopping center. With Amazon Fresh, the Whittier community will benefit from a new, exciting model of grocery store that offers seamless in-store and online shopping–a great option during the pandemic–as well as Amazon’s investment in the city.”
Barkev continued, “Amazon’s position as the anchor-tenant is expected to bring additional traffic to the other stores in the shopping center, many of which are small businesses. Having a powerful company like that involved in Whittier is a great sign for the local economy.”
