ALDI and Pulp Have Big Plans for Downtown Euclid

A conceptual rendering shows the proposed building renovations for a new Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar at 22578 Lakeshore Boulevard.

More growth is coming to downtown Euclid this year as plans have been set for a major renovation of the ALDI Grocery Store and the opening of a new Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar. 

ALDI has been an anchor in downtown Euclid since the store opened in the Shore Center Plaza at Lakeshore Boulevard and Babbitt Road in 2010.  

Now the German-based grocer plans to invest over $1 million in exterior and interior renovations to update the look and provide space for new products at the Euclid ALDI store.  

The renovation project is part of a $1.6 billion investment in over 1,300 stores in the US announced by ALDI in 2017.

According to ALDI Director of Real Estate Kevin McClure, the Euclid ALDI is scheduled to close in early March for about a month. 

During the temporary closure, Euclid customers can visit the nearby ALDI locations in Willowick and Willoughby Hills, which will remain open, or other downtown Euclid stores such as Dave’s or Marc’s. 

Also in downtown Euclid, Barry Young plans to open a new Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar at the former Maria's Family Restaurant space at 22578 Lakeshore Boulevard. 

Pulp is an Ohio-based juice and smoothie company providing over 30 real fruit and vegetable juice smoothies along with fresh food at over 33 locations.

Young had been a customer at the Pulp in Mayfield Heights for years.  He credits his daily routine of a Pulp wheatgrass smoothie and exercise for his weight loss and improved health during that time.  “It changed my life” said Young.

Young’s own smoothie induced health transformation convinced him to open his own Pulp franchise location on Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland three years ago.  

Following the success of his first store, Young looked in Euclid - where he has lived for the last ten years - for a location for a second Pulp bar.  He found the perfect site on Lakeshore Boulevard and has already secured preliminary approvals from the City of Euclid for the building renovation and signage.  He expects the new Euclid Pulp to open this spring.  

The ALDI and Pulp locations are both owned and managed by Carter Properties.  CEO John Carter calls the two developments good news.  "I'm excited about the investments coming to downtown Euclid" he said.