That is called a Phase 2 store. I used to be a project manager for Eckerd and they were cranking these buildings out in early 2000's. They hemorrhaged money during that phase. Love to tell you about it.
Sweet to hear! There's a Rite Aid on Keeport Drive in Pittsburgh, PA that still keeps the old Brooks Eckerd interior intact, and in pristine condition.
I'd love to hear more about your experience during your tenure there. Do you find it weird that because of the way Eckerd was sold off, you have CVS and Rite Aid operating out of buildings that look identical?
@@christiangonzales7429 The last 6-ish years the store design was cookie cutter. It was the same design in Arlington TX as it was in Toms River, NJ. CVS and Rite Aid split them to the south and north. To me no big deal with different banner. However, I will say I recently built the computer/register system for a Goodwill that had bought an old Eckerd store that I built...that brought some nostalgia.
I know of an Eckerd that has been abandoned for close to 15 years, the store closed down in the mid 2000s and in the past year or two it has been converted to family dollar. That location is in Houston Texas at the intersection of Bissonnet @ Fondren
I know that location well. CVS closed it after the acquistion because they already had a newly built store right around the corner, which they built prior to them buying Eckerd. It pretty much sat empty ever since 2004.
@@christiangonzales7429 , yea, the one down the street on Fondren @ Beechnut, I even remember back in the 90’s Walmart was on the opposite corner til they closed down in 95 or 96 I think.
@@JonasMatthewBahta Where was the Walmart located at exactly? I grew up in Alief and didn't spend much time around Fondren. I only know of this Eckerd building because I passed through the area sometimes.
@@christiangonzales7429 , as I mentioned in the last comment that Walmart was on Fondren @ Beechnut on the opposite corner of where CVS is over there now. Walmart there closed in the mid-1990s I’m not sure if you born by that time.
There were at least four types of Eckerd buildings in this style: one that had the pharmacy on the right-hand side of the building and one that was identical but the floorplan was flipped so that the pharmacy was on the left. Then out of both of these variants, you would either find a mezzanine stock room with a door in the vestibule by the restrooms or to a full-sized stockroom with a door at the back of the store opposite of the pharmacy on the same wall. Does any of this make sense? I tried to explain the best I could.
Those store styles had names. The last most recent was called "Phase 2". The type before that was called "Cocoa" layout named after the first Cocoa Beach FL store. "Phase 2" stores are still around and if you walk in and look at the ceiling grid, it's in the form of an arrow that points to the left back or right back of the store where the pharmacy is. Just flipped. All dependent on which NSEW corner the store was on. That's funny, I might even have floor plans in a box somewhere lol.
@@jasonmartinez5116 Correct! Also important to note that the CVS and Rite Aid deals were unrelated. I am in Texas where all our Eckerds became CVS stores in 2004 (and the ones that were too close to existing CVS stores closed). During the CVS deal, the stores not going to CVS went to Jean Coutu out of Canada who retained the Eckerd name until 2007 when the Rite Aid deal began.
I'll see what I can do! Macon's about an hour and a half away and without my own car to get places, it may be a bit tricky getting down there... I'm looking into maybe taking a Greyhound out that way to film the abandoned Wal-Mart that's out there, but I promise it's on my radar!
