New Wegmans Opens Today in Virginia

Wegmans in Gainesville, Va., (officially known as Wegmans Lake Manassas) opened today. The Washington Post provided this story with this unique aspect about the store:

Although each store offers a similar selection of goods, Dempsey said the decor varies. Each store has a mural along the back wall representing the region. The Gainesville store's mural depicts scenes such as the cherry blossoms in the District and the Shenandoah mountains. And the mural would not be complete, Dempsey said, without a scene of the Manassas Battlefield.

New Wegmans Planned for Fairfax County in Northern Virginia

Dulles. Fairfax. Woodbridge. Lake Manassas. Leesburg. Fredericksburg.

Now add Mount Vernon in Fairfax County to the list of locations for Wegmans in Northern Virginia. According to an article in the Mount Vernon Gazette:

By Chuck Hagee, Gazette
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Wegmans Grocery is finally coming to Mount Vernon-Lee districts. But, primarily to Lee District, since the plot of land of its future home only contains a small corner in Mount Vernon District.

That was the word delivered by Lynne J. Strobel, Esq., of Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh to members of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce during their luncheon last Thursday at Belle Haven Country Club. "Wegmans is 100 percent committed to this project," she said.

The project she was talking about, to be known as "The Hilltop Village Center," will be located at the intersection of Telegraph Road and Beulah Street, presently home to a construction and demolition debris landfill operation and a nine hole golf course.

New Wegmans in Virginia Set for November

From the Gainesville Times/WTOP Radio

Woodbridge+Wegmans

Woodbridge, Virginia, gets classed up with a Wegmans, according to the Washington Post:

For years, the residents of Prince William County and the politicians who represented them hoped for a classy revitalization of the county's Route 1 corridor. 

White-tablecloth restaurants, department stores and upscale grocery stores would offer an alternative to the run-down strip malls and fast food joints that line the stretch of highway to the east. 

Few plans elicited as much passion from residents as the one to bring a Wegmans grocery store to Woodbridge.

Future Wegmans Store News

A response from Wegmans to a fellow blogger:

What follows is a list of planned stores, which for the most part, do not as yet have defined construction schedules.

Confirmed Opening Dates:
• Woodbridge, VA, Summer 2008

Opening Dates Yet to Be Determined:
• Malvern, PA
• Leesburg, VA
• Lake Manassas, VA
• Frederick, MD
• Crofton, MD
• Landover, MD
• Columbia, MD
• Fredericksburg, VA
• Collegeville, PA

Project On Hold for Future Consideration:
• Turnersville, NJ

Duo of New Wegmans in Northern Virginia

Leesburg and Gainesville, Va., stores are inching closer to reality. Congrats to these communities. Who's next?

Leesburg

• Wegmans Goes for Design Approval (Leesburg Today, Jan. 16, 2007)
  
• The Village at Leesburg

Gainesville

• Wegmans OK'd for Gainesville (Potomac News, Jan. 19, 2007)