Hillsdale Anytime Fitness, Biggby Coffee, and a redesigned food court are coming to the Hillsdale Market House in the spring as part of the supermarket’s first set of renovations since 2004. The new space is expected to accommodate up to 1,000 more customers.
“Basically, we’re trying to provide as many services under one roof as we can,” said Market House owner Brett Boyd. “We’re also trying to reinvent ourselves in remodeling the whole supermarket to better serve our customers.”
Anytime Fitness, also owned by Boyd, is moving into Market House due to an influx of gym memberships. Anytime outgrew its old location and needs more space for customers and parking.
“We’re excited about having more space, and we’re hoping to make customers of Anytime customers of Biggby and Market House,” Boyd said.
Boyd said he is looking to complete the final project in three to four months, if everything continues according to plan.
“We’re trying to improve and expand our customer services by modernizing our facility,” Boyd said. “We’re excited about all those things under one roof — there will be a lot of synergies and conveniences for customers.”
Boyd said he plans to expand the salad bar and add yogurt and ice cream machines and a hot food bar to the current food court area. He also plans to move the deli to the current fast food area, while converting it to a full-service deli.
“We’ll have hot meal alternatives for most of the day that will be quick and easy for breakfast or lunch, and the deli will provide a lot of fresh offerings to the customers. It’s going to be great,” Boyd said.
Boyd said the supermarket may stay open until midnight instead of its usual 10 p.m. close.
“We’re a fourth-generation family-owned supermarket trying to make it to a fifth, and we couldn’t do it without the college,” Boyd said. “We really appreciate the business we get from the college, faculty, staff, and students. They’ve been very supportive of our business and we don’t get a lot of chance to thank them.”
