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PCC Community Markets to Shutter Struggling Seattle Location
PCC Community Markets, an organic grocery store featuring local ingredients and products, has announced it will close its downtown Seattle location early next year. The move comes less than two years after the company opened the flagship store on the ground floor of the new Rainier Square tower, reported the Seattle Times.
The 20,000-square-foot natural foods store was one of the largest new businesses to open in the struggling Seattle market. Once a beacon of new life in the area, the location struggled amid post-pandemic conditions, including extra security costs and a continued decrease in downtown office workers.
“Despite an amazing team, fantastic store conditions, and a supportive landlord, our downtown store has unfortunately remained unprofitable, and we do not see that changing for the foreseeable future,” said PCC CEO Krish Srinivasan. PCC currently operates 16 stores in the Puget Sound area, including locations in Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Edmonds, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle.
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