Fresh Market Opened Grocery Store in Shawnee Center
The new hybrid-format location ends a 20-year grocery vacancy at the Westbrooke Green shopping center.
Updated on Oct. 12, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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Fresh Market opened a new grocery store at 7405 Quivira Road in the Westbrooke Green shopping center. This move brings the first grocery tenant to the site in nearly 20 years, serving the local Shawnee community with a hybrid format of traditional and Hispanic goods.
Why it matters
The arrival of a daily-needs anchor at Westbrooke Green alters the local retail landscape by increasing traffic to a previously under-utilized shopping center. This opening provides local operators with a new, consistent destination point that may improve customer foot traffic in the surrounding area.
The new store at 7405 Quivira Road operates daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. This expansion follows the closure of a previous Dillons grocery store at the same center in 2006.
The players
Fresh Market
A regional grocery retailer that operates locations across Kansas City and Overland Park.
Westbrooke Green
A commercial shopping center in Shawnee currently undergoing tenant expansion.
The details
The facility functions as a hybrid grocer, integrating traditional American products with a selection of Hispanic goods and on-site bakery production. Operators emphasize a focus on house-made products, including hand-prepared tortillas and conchas. Future development plans for the Westbrooke Green center include the addition of a barber shop, sushi restaurant, liquor store, and pizza chain.
Timeline
The former Dillons grocery store closed at the shopping center in 2006.
Fresh Market officially opened its doors to customers on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
Market Landscape
The opening marks a definitive shift for the Westbrooke Green center, which has lacked a grocery anchor since the 2006 departure of Dillons. This reactivation follows a standard pattern of retail revitalization where new, specialized grocers fill long-vacant big-box footprints.
Business owners in the vicinity should monitor how the increased foot traffic from this new anchor affects customer parking and nearby demand. Evaluate the potential for cross-promotion opportunities now that a primary grocery destination has returned to the immediate neighborhood.
The takeaway
The activation of long-vacant commercial real estate can serve as a catalyst for surrounding property development and increased consumer demand. Owners should monitor the planned arrivals of the sushi restaurant and pizza chain to track how they coordinate their marketing with the new grocer.
Further reading
For more details on local commercial changes, see Shawnee Openings & Closings.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Johnson County Post.
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