Plans For Whole Foods At Sun Vet Mall In Holbrook: Reports

HOLBROOK, NY — Whole Foods Market has signed on as the anchor tenant at Sun Vet Mall in Holbrook, Regency Renters Corp told Newsday.

Regency has a majority interest in a joint venture it went into on Thursday with the Syosset-based Blumenfeld Development Group Ltd., with the Jacksonville, Florida-based real estate investment firm overseeing leasing and operations for the site.

Holbrook Chamber of Commerce President Rick Ammirati told News 12 that in addition to Whole Foods taking up the former space occupied by Pathmark, there will be walkable areas and different stores, including a Starbucks and restaurants.

"To see it now is heartbreaking - to see the opportunity is heartwarming," Ammirati says.

Whole Foods Market and Starbucks were proposed as tenants back in October, Newsday reported.

Patch has reached out to Whole Foods for comment.

The mall was once bustling with activity with a bevy of varied stores and restaurants that included a diner, a pizzeria, a discount store, several women's clothing stores, some medical offices, and an area with amusements for children.

Only four tenants remain there now, including Red Wing shoe store, Citibank, Closeouts and Liquidations, and Sun Vet Wines and Liquors.

The 18-acre mall, which was built in 1973, has been losing tenants for years, including its anchors, a roughly 10,000-square-foot Toys R Us store, and a 60,000-square-foot Pathmark supermarket which both closed after filing bankruptcy years ago, Newsday reported.