Remodeling An Aldi

Aldi has been on a remodeling spree as of late and the Twin Tiers region is no exception. This particular location sits in front of the soon to be gone local Olean Kmart, so I often found myself taking pictures of both. More on the Kmart closing will come in a special blog post next month. This post has pictures from the remodel in swing, then an imminent temporary shutdown followed by a newly reopened store. Enjoy!

The skeleton of the future facade.

During the remodel, a wooden tunnel was set up and only one set of doors was used.

As you can see, plenty of notice was given for the upcoming closure. Interesting thing is that ended up reopening earlier than expected around August 19th.

Keep this picture in mind for later as this doorway will not be here in the remodeled store. Note how the stockroom doors have been entirely removed.

This area is one of the only areas that saw a major change. More on that later.

Expansion area

A new wooden wall was in place as the store would expand slightly in the front.

Covered expansion area.

Cart area 

Facade in place

And then it closed temporarily....

....and then opened back up.

As you can see here, the restrooms area actually got a sign and there is no longer a door here to the stockroom (that I'm aware of)

Stockroom door was moved to the back wall rather than keeping the corner entrance

And because Kmart is closing at the same time, you wind up with a rather humorous sight: