LOS ANGELES—Grow Market has signed a5,300-square-foot lease for the anchor location at theYards at One Santa Fe, the retailportion of a 510,000-square-foot mixed-use complexfrom developer McGregor Brown under constructionin the arts district in Downtown Los Angeles. The market isexpected to open with development, in the fall of thisyear.

“Having a smaller, boutique grocer was always our number onegoal for the anchor space,” Bill McGregor,president of McGregor Brown, tells GlobeSt.com. “We knew therewas a void in the Arts District community for convenient and freshgrocery offerings. Grow fills this void by providing the freshestproducts and unique services not found in the area. Because it is alocal, family-owned business it can easily provide the products andservices that the community expects and with 45,000 square feet oftotal retail space, it never made sense to target a nationalgrocery chain.”

Grow currently has one other location in Manhattan Beach, CA.This downtown spot will serve as the second location for theboutique, family-owned store. As McGregor explains, the grocersells produce, meat and fish, wine and cheese and a small selectionof grocery items. “Grow provides us with all of the products andservices that we wanted,” he says.