What’s taking over a bulldozed Goodwill office near Grandview Heights?

COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — Construction crews have leveled a former office that housed Goodwill, making way for a grocery store built from the ground up.

The property at 1393 Edgehill has moved between a few owners since 2000, finally settling on one called MPCBus that bulldozed the existing building to make way for a new business. Photos captured Wednesday at the property showed metal infrastructure in place, as well as a wide swath of land reduced to dirt for a potential parking lot.

A sign at the property has also revealed the company that it will house. The banner advertises Aldi is “coming soon,” but does not share any hint of a possible opening date.

Goodwill Industries of Central Ohio bought the property from Fifth Ave Associates for $1,325,000 in 2010. They held the property for nearly 13 years before selling it in August 2023 to WC ECP Edgehill for $11.3 million.

In a series of apparent rebrands, the property traded hands again for $0 leading up to March 6, 2024. From WC ECP Edgehill, it went to WC ECP Edgehill Apartments, then MCPBus.

Photos from the Franklin County Auditor’s Office showed signage at the building for Organized Home Remodeling in 2014, even after Goodwill bought it. More photos shot in 2022 saw that sign altered to advertise offices for Goodwill.

Aldi said in March that it would add 800 stores to its fleet by the end of 2028 as part of a $9 billion expansion. While it vaguely said some of those new locations would arrive in the Midwest, it did not specify Ohio. The chain of grocery stores also expanded to New Albany in December 2022.

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