A Whole Foods Market is coming to Avon
The grocery store is included in plans for a project by Kensington Development Partners on the northeast side of Avon
Ben Roof/Special to the Daily
A spokesperson for Whole Foods Market confirmed Monday that an Avon branch is in development.
“We look forward to serving the Avon community with high-quality natural and organic products and an unparalleled grocery shopping experience,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
The Whole Foods Market will be part of a project that is scheduled to break ground in spring 2026.
The developer, , did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Vail Daily but has released a brochure for the project.
The Whole Foods Market will be included in the first phase of Kensington Development Partners’ development on a 40-acre stretch of land within Traer Creek on the northeast side of Avon across from City Market. The first phase covers 5 acres and is designed to include 91 apartments, the Whole Foods Market and multiple retail spaces.
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The grocery store, labeled “Whole Foods” in the development’s brochure, will be 26,000 square feet. There will be 192 parking spaces in a surface-level lot, including five covered spaces, plus seven employee parking spaces. There are also two retail spaces, one 4,500 square feet and one 3,500 square feet, across the parking lot from the Whole Foods Market.聽
The residential building will have additional parking for residents in an underground garage, and another 42 underground parking spaces for those visiting the retail properties.
The brochure for the development also shows plans for a second phase with more apartment buildings.
According to the master plan, later phases of the development may include a lake with lakefront condominiums, a podium and commercial buildings. Multiple apartment buildings, some townhomes and two hotels were also drawn into the draft plans, though none of these parts of the master plan have been given a timeline for development yet.
