Giant Eagle Market District

Giant Eagle's rolling out a new type of store: Market District. It's going to offer upscale goods to compete with specialty stores like Trader Joe's. Alas, I hate to spend money, so the thing I'm most likely to buy is one of the apartments built on top of the Giant Eagle in Shadyside.

In both cases, existing stores were expanded and remodeled. The Centre Avenue store in Shadyside is very urban, with apartments on top and a garage with an elevator big enough for shopping carts below. The Village Square store on Oxford Drive is a sprawling suburban location.

Elevators big enough for shopping carts! What a great place for a homeless person to start a home.