Amazon Fresh Store coming to Tinley Park

An Amazon Fresh store is coming to Tinley Park.

The Chicago suburb said a 38,000-square-foot full-line store will be built at 16017 South Harlem Avenue in Tinley Park Plaza, the Daily Southtown reported. It’s the latest addition to the plaza, which has been going through major renovations.

The store, which will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, is expected to open this fall, according to the village. In addition to groceries, the store will also offer made-to-order foods such as sandwiches and pizzas.

The store will have technology that allows customers to scan QR codes and pay for groceries in the Amazon app, skipping a line for the cashier. Customers will have to scan their code or card to open a gate in the store and leave.

The Tinley Park Village Board also recently approved a liquor license that will allow the store to sell beer, wine and spirits.

Amazon has multiple Fresh Stores across the area, including in Bloomingdale, Naperville and Schaumburg. The company opened its first Fresh Store in August 2020 and used its Just Walk Out technology in a store in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington.

The grocery store market is prospering in Chicago, where two properties sold for a combined $70 million at the end of June. Realty Income, a San Diego REIT, paid New York’s Melohn Properties $52.4 million for a 65,500-square-foot Mariano’s store at 1625 South Clark Street in the Near South Side. Also, in suburban Glenview, Arizona’s Nottinghill Gate Tucson paid Chicago’s Inland Real Estate $18 million for a 64,000-square-foot Jewel-Osco grocery at 1340 Patriot Boulevard.

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