Harris Teeter closed its store at Harbour View Marketplace in Suffolk on Monday but is re-opening less than three miles away at the former Farm Fresh space it bought at 3675 Bridge Rd.
The new location at Bennett's Creek Crossing will host a grand opening Wednesday.
Jeremy Hamilton, a leasing director for Arciterra which owns the Harbour View shopping center, said he has received phone calls from more than a dozen tenant groups interested in leasing the 48,756 square-foot space.
"We're considering all options," he said, including non-grocery tenants.
He said the lease agreement with Harris Teeter doesn't allow Arciterra to immediately backfill it with a new tenant, but Hamilton has said he expected it to be occupied in the "near term."
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