Trader Joe’s is finally making it official: the beloved grocery chain plans to open its third Denver store in 2027, landing in the Central Park neighborhood at the site of the former Shops at Northfield. Construction is already underway, though the company has not announced a specific opening date.
According to The Denver Post, the new store is expected at 8564 E. Northfield Blvd., near the Avenues at Northfield mall — though an earlier Denver Post report from June pegged the address a few doors down, at 8560 E. Northfield Blvd., so the exact street number remains a bit fuzzy. What’s not in dispute is the neighborhood: this will be Trader Joe’s third Denver location, joining its existing stores at 750 N. Colorado Blvd. and 661 Logan St.
Those two existing Denver stores sit in the Congress Park/Hale area and Capitol Hill, respectively, according to Denverite. As for how many Colorado locations the chain operates overall, sources disagree: the Denver Post counts nine stores across eight Colorado cities — Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Parker and Westminster — while What Now Denver puts the current total at eight locations statewide. Either way, Denver7 reports the new Central Park store will become Trader Joe’s tenth location in the state once it opens.
Construction Already Visible at Avenues at Northfield
Site work on the new store has progressed enough that the building has “gone vertical,” per What Now Denver’s report on the project, meaning the structure’s frame is now visible from the street. The grocery store will measure roughly 12,500 square feet and come with 153 parking spaces, and it will sit next to the Old Navy at the Avenues at Northfield, the outlet notes…