Fayetteville is on the cusp of a cultural and economic transformation as plans move forward for a large-scale Asian market as part of Fayetteville’s first truly mixed-use development. The ambitious project aims to bring together retail, dining, housing and community spaces in a vibrant new district.
For years, Fayetteville’s Asian community has lacked a central hub for groceries, dining and cultural connection. On 3 Build Owner Hung (Jerry) Truong is working to amend that. In partnering with Sun Supermarket, a locally owned and operated Asian grocery store here in Fayetteville, Truong and the team are gearing up to give Fayetteville what it has been missing.
Truong believes Fayetteville is “more than ready” for this type of Asian community. Between the growing Asian population, the many soldiers at Fort Bragg who’ve lived overseas in Asia and have grown familiar with different foods and products from that experience and even from the increasing influence of Asian pop culture in America, Truong shared that he knew the demand was there for a centralized Asian community…