Sprouts Farmers Market To Open Fourth Charlotte-Area Location in Concord
The Phoenix-based specialty grocer will occupy a former Earth Fare space at 8885 Christenbury Parkway.
Sprouts Farmers Market submitted plans last month for a Concord store at Christenbury Corners shopping center. The Phoenix-based specialty grocer will occupy a former Earth Fare space at 8885 Christenbury Parkway, according to Cabarrus County permit filings.
This marks the first time the chain will operate in a Charlotte suburb. Permit documents list "grocery to grocery" in the previous Earth Fare location.
Christenbury Corners sits near Concord Mills mall. It spans 129,319 square feet. Kohl's and Pet Supplies Plus anchor the center. Other tenants include Bad Daddy's Burger Bar, Jasmine Nails, Chicken Salad Chick, Blaze Pizza, Great Clips, Hand & Stone, Talkin Tacos, and Nothing Bundt Cakes.
Earth Fare shuttered the 24,110-square-foot space in August. The Asheville-based specialty grocer had opened that spot in 2017 but closed it as part of a series of closures in the Charlotte region after bankruptcy struck nearly six years ago.
In August, Sprouts opened its third Charlotte-area store in NoDa. A line wrapped around the building before doors opened at the mixed-use development by Avery Hall Southeast on the corner of 36th and Tryon streets.
The company opened its second store in 2023 at 14124 Steele Creek Road. That space was also a former Earth Fare. The chain made its Charlotte debut in 2018 at 15121 Ballancroft Parkway.
The expansion comes as nearly 730 grocery stores compete for a piece of the $10.4 billion market in the Charlotte region. Walmart has led the field for six years. Matthews-based Harris Teeter and Salisbury-based Food Lion trail behind.
Lowes Foods opened a Waxhaw store at 3412 S. Providence this month. The chain also launched an Indian Land, South Carolina, spot in October.
Whole Foods Market will open in south Charlotte at the former Earth Fare space in Ballantyne at the Toringdon Market shopping center at 12235 North Community House Road. The Austin, Texas-based grocer has not released an opening timeline.
Publix opened at Arboretum in September at 7933 Providence Road. The Florida-based chain now operates 26 Charlotte-area stores.
Wegmans, based in Rochester, New York, is expected to make its Charlotte debut in late 2026 with a 110,000-square-foot store on the east side of Ballantyne. Construction is underway.
