Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. is once again actively looking for sites in the Tampa Bay region, according to real estate brokers and developers.
The Phoenix-based organic grocery (Nasdaq: SFM) has previously looked for sites in the area, but pulled back last summer, telling brokers and developers that the company was waiting to see how its new stores in metro Atlanta performed before expanding into Florida.
However, the company is shopping the Tampa market for space, according to real estate sources, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the deal. Sources say the grocer is telling them it is interested in multiple stores in this market and would like to have stores here open by 2016 or 2017.
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