International chain AldI wants to open another discount grocery store in Overland Park.
The company has applied to move to the former Buybuy Baby space at 12055 Metcalf Ave. in the Southglen Shopping Center.
While city officials said they had received an application from Aldi for that address, the company did not respond to The Star’s request for comment on Monday.
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Before Aldi can move in, it must go through the city’s approval process. The planning commission is scheduled to discuss the matter on May 13, according to the city’s approval system.
Aldi has nearly two dozen stores in the Kansas City area, including one 3 miles away at 8640 W. 135th St.
Last year, Buybuy Baby’s parent company – Bed Bath & Beyond – filed for bankruptcy and announced the closure of all Buybuy Baby stores.
In November, Buybuy Baby announced it would get back on its feet thanks to a “trusted fourth-trimester partner,” according to USA Today. The company hopes to reopen a handful of stores across the country.
Before Buybuy Baby moved into the premises in 2011, the bookstore chain Borders was located there until it closed its business.
The future Aldi would be located across from a Whole Foods that recently moved to 11900 Metcalf Ave.
In 1961, the Albrecht family opened their first discount food store in Germany. Sixteen years later, their first store in the USA, in Iowa, followed.
