Aldi confirms South Tampa store will open later this year

An Aldi executive said Monday that the company expects to open its new store in South Tampa, now under construction, later this year.

Matt Thon, the German grocer’s divisional vice president, did not give an exact day, saying in an email to the Business Observer that, “At this time, we do not have any additional information to share regarding the new Tampa store but will be sure to reach back out in the coming months with more detail on its opening.”

The grocery store chain is in the process of retrofitting a former Barnes & Noble store at 213 N. Dale Mabry, just at the outer edge of South Tampa. It will be about a mile south of Interstate 75 and Midtown Tampa — the 23-acre, 1.8 million-square-foot, $1 billion development — at the intersection of Dale Mabry Highway and Kennedy Boulevard.