For decades, a Bi-Lo grocery store served the upscale North Main neighborhood in Greenville, providing both a place to buy goods and as a good place to run into neighbors.
It was known as the Baby Bi-Lo because it was much smaller than the chain’s traditional stores. More than a convenience store, less than a supermarket, just right for a corner on North Main Street at the entrance to downtown Greenville.
Then, as the chain lapsed into financial struggles, Baby Bi-Lo was no more. The entire strip mall has been mostly vacant for the last 12 years…