Spurred by a surge in apartment-building and strong demographics Downtown, Marsh will open the doors Thursday to the first new grocery in the city's heart in nearly 30 years.
"We think the growth is there, and we think we are going to put the right store in there to cater to what customers want," said Marsh President and CEO Tom O'Boyle. "This will be as awesome a store as we have in the chain."
Home-grown Marsh is opening the store and updating many of its other 79 stores in Indiana and Ohio as it faces increased competition from out-of-state grocers such as Kroger, Giant Eagle and Whole Foods — both in the suburbs and Downtown.
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