Fairway Market closing postponed
Only supermarket in South End will remain until at least Aug. 31
STAMFORD — The bankrupt Fairway Market has pushed back the closing date for its grocery and beverage stores in the city’s South End, according to city officials.
Thursday had been set as the end day for the establishments at 689-699 Canal St., Stamford economic development director Thomas Madden said last week. On Wednesday, however, Madden said in an email that the stores “will not close before Aug. 31,” a postponement that he attributed to Fairway’s continued need to “sell inventory.”
It is no longer clear when exactly the stores will close, but Madden said that “no closing date has
been given” by Fairway for its sole location in Connecticut and the only supermarket in the South End.
A message left for Fairway was not immediately returned.
Building and Land Technology, the property’s landlord, declined to comment.
Since filing for bankruptcy in January, Fairway has informed the state Department of Labor several times about the possibility of an imminent shutdown of its Stamford stores.
Labor Department records accompanying the company’s most-recent notice, on Aug. 14, indicated that a closing would result in 109 layoffs.
Fairway’s Stamford employees are represented by the Westport-based United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 371, according to Labor Department records.
A message left Wednesday for Local 371 was not immediately returned.
It is unclear if or when another grocery chain would take over the space at 689-699 Canal St. It has been occupied by Fairway since its 2010 opening in a then-new building.
“We are actively engaging with prospective tenants to find a new occupant that will bring similar value to the community and would benefit from our location,” BLT CoPresident Ted Ferrarone said earlier this month. BLT is also the developer of the mixed-use Harbor Point project, which encompasses the site.