
By Sara Beth Williams–
A well-known grocery store has filed plans to fill a vacant building in the Sunrise Village shopping center in Citrus Heights.
According to city documents, Grocery Outlet submitted a design review permit for the vacant space at 5409 Sunrise Blvd. as of Jan 30. The application, which is under review, calls for exterior updates and site accessibility updates for the existing commercial buildings.
Grocery Outlet has filed plans to open two locations in the Sacramento area, including the one in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. Both vacant buildings were previously occupied by Rite Aid, a drug store chain, which announced the closure of multiple locations after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023.
Leasing documents for the Sunrise Village shopping center do not indicate the name of any future grocer, but the vacant building Grocery Outlet reportedly intends to occupy is no longer listed as “Available.”
Since the shopping center’s revitalization in 2021 and 2022, the plaza has seen multiple new tenants, including Club Studio Fitness, which opened in September 2024, and Amazon Fresh, which opened in November 2024.
The former Rite Aid was the last of three Citrus Heights locations to close. The Rite Aid at 5409 Sunrise Blvd. closed in November 2023. The Sentinel previously reported the Rite Aid at 6661 Auburn Blvd. closed in May of 2023, and a location at Citrus Town Center closed in 2018.
Grocery Outlet currently has another store in Citrus Heights, located at 6059 Greenback Ln. Grocery Outlets are all locally owned stores, which allows the grocer to deliver “superior customer service,” according to the company’s website.
A well-known grocery has filed plans to fill a vacant building in the...
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