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I’ve occasionally posted images I made of Marsh Supermarkets that Sun Capital Partners closed between 2006 and 2017. They paint a pretty bleak picture! Fortunately, some of the stores I’ve featured have been repurposed into other uses. Here are five that underwent significant changes over the past several years.

Tillotson Avenue in Muncie

Muncie’s Marsh supermarket on Tillotson Avenue opened in 1996 to replace a couple earlier stores nearby. It was purchased by a subsidiary of Kroger in 2017 after Marsh declared bankruptcy. The supermarket was closed for nearly a year, but it’s home to Kroger’s Pay Less brand today.

South Street in Lafayette

Lafayette’s Marsh supermarket on South Street opened in 1995. Renovated in 2008, it was one of four of the company’s supermarkets to close in 2015. The building became home to VASA Fitness in 2019.

Nora Corners in Indianapolis

The Marsh at Nora Corners displayed the company’s peak architecture, as far as I’m concerned. It opened in 1985 and closed 2017. The remodeled building is unrecognizable today as home to ALDI and Total Wine & More, but a similar twin sits at the corner of Post Road and East 21st in Indianapolis.

Bethel Avenue in Muncie

The Marsh Supermarket on West Bethel Avenue in Muncie was the building that started this project. It was built in 1979 and closed in 1996. Five years later, Marsh brought the store back under the company’s discount banner, LoBill Foods. It finally closed in 2014 and is now home to CubeSmart Self Storage.

Westlane Shopping Center in Indianapolis

Westlane Shopping Center on North Michigan Road and 71st Street in Indianapolis was completed in 1959. Marsh anchored the north side of the plaza as Marsh, LoBill Foods, and Marsh Hometown Market until 2015. Now home to Save A Lot and Citi Trends, the building is unrecognizable today.

I have a soft spot for Marsh since most of my family worked there over the years, and I always thought that the company’s stores built from the late 1970s to 2004 or so were easily identifiable from a distance. I wish I knew who the architect was! It’s a shame that some of their most interesting features were removed, but I’m always happy to see empty buildings be repurposed.

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