Copyright Charleston Post and Courier
DANIEL ISLAND — The wait is nearly over for Daniel Island residents to get their only grocery store back. Publix has announced it will open its long-awaited expanded store on Dec. 3 — almost a year-to-date after closing for renovations and leaving the island without a full-service grocery store since. The Publix Super Market at 162 Seven Farms Drive will welcome customers at 7 a.m. At full rebuild, the 50,472-square-foot store at Daniel Island Town Center has about 70 percent more shelf space than the 29,618-square-foot shop it replaced. The previous Publix, which opened in 2002, closed after business on Christmas Eve last year and was demolished soon after — although replacement plans have been in the works since 2017. The reopening aligns with Publix’s anticipated fourth-quarter 2025 timeline. “We are excited to welcome our neighbors back to their new Daniel Island Publix,” said Jared Glover, media relations manager for the Florida-based grocer. More than two decades ago, Publix secured an exclusive agreement with the developer of Daniel Island, guaranteeing it would be the only supermarket within the master-planned community. The grocery chain later purchased the 5-acre Daniel Island Town Center a decade ago for $13.8 million, according to Berkeley County land records. It also owns an adjacent 1.2-acre parcel on Island Park Drive. The Daniel Isl and reopening comes during a busy fall for Publix in the Lowcountry.
