Algonquin Aldi to open new location on Thursday
Algonquin's Aldi store will relocate to 1100 S. Randall Road, with the new store set to open Thursday and the old location at 425 S. Randall Road to close Wednesday.
Aldi, which has been in Algonquin for 19 years, said its aim is for the new store to provide an "improved experience" for shoppers.
"One of the reasons ALDI is so successful is because we listen to our customers and have the ability to adapt," Heather Moore, Aldi vice president for the region, said in a written statement. "The Algonquin community has remained loyal ALDI customers for 19 years, and we can't wait to show them the same ALDI model they know and love, but with a new store and even more space for their favorite products."
Aldi has more than 2,000 stores across 37 states, according to a news release.
Their relocated Algonquin store, at Lot 7 in Oakridge Court, will be open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays.
Last year, developers with Aldi told Algonquin's village board that the store was updating itself and increasing offerings as part of a nationwide remodeling.
They said the move was necessary as the current Algonquin Aldi location is only about 15,000 square feet. The new location is 21,750 square feet.
As previously reported by the Northwest Herald, Aldi's corporate head of real estate called the old location at 425 S. Randall Road "pretty much landlocked" and said it could not be expanded, which prompted the company to start looking for other opportunities in the Algonquin area.
Nothing has been announced for the soon-to-be vacant 425 S. Randall Road, said the village of Algonquin's community development director, Russ Farnum, although he's fielded several inquiries about that property and its potential redevelopment.
There is one active party the village has been working with pretty closely, Farnum said. He declined to name them since they still need to come in for some zoning approvals and are going through their "due diligence" portion of buying the property now.
Farnum said the party is a "Randall Road" type of user that a lot of people in the village will be excited to see coming to the area.
"If you look at the other uses out on Randall Road, (the) retailers, restaurants, some service uses, they'll fit right in with what's around them," Farnum said.
He added the village is very happy Aldi chose to expand in Algonquin.
"I think their former space will be reused quite quickly here," Farnum said.