Two Harris Teeter stores in Arlington are closing this summer, the company confirmed Monday night.
The grocery stores — at 950 S. George Mason Drive and 3600 S. Glebe Road — are among four D.C. area Harris Teeter locations set to close. Also closing are stores in North Bethesda and at 8200 Crestwood Heights Drive in the Tysons area.
In a statement, Harris Teeter said the decision to close the stores was made “after careful consideration and strategic market review.”
“The Company employs approximately 100 to 120 valued associates at each location and began informing associates of the store closings last week,” said the statement. “Harris Teeter will offer its associates the opportunity to transfer to other locations, and in the coming weeks will work closely to assist associates through the closing process.”
ARLnow received multiple tips about the closures after customers were informed via email earlier Monday evening. The emails told customers that any prescriptions would be transferred to another local Harris Teeter.
Among the Harris Teeter locations in Arlington remaining open are those in the Pentagon Row, Lee-Harrison and Shirlington Village shopping centers, plus the Ballston store that opened last year.
Harris Teeter’s parent company, Cincinnati-based Kroger, recently announced a plan to shut down about 60 underperforming stores over the next year and a half, though it did not say which stores were closing at the time.
The 950 S. George Mason Drive location, which opened in 2019 as part of the Centro development along Columbia Pike, will close “on or before July 20,” according to the company.
The 3600 S. Glebe Road location, in the Potomac Yard area, will close “on or before Aug 4, 2025.” That location saw an extended, temporary closure in 2012 after being flooded with raw sewage from a backup at the nearby Arlington County Water Pollution Control Plant.
Arlington has seen several grocery store closures in recent years, including an Amazon Fresh in Crystal City and a Giant in Lyon Village last year. The latter is set to be replaced by a Sprouts grocery store next year. Ballston, meanwhile, is expected to get a new grocer — rumored to be a Whole Foods Market — in the coming years, as part of the redevelopment of the former Macy’s store.
