The Fresh Market recently opened a store in the Algonquin Commons shopping center on Randall Road. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

Despite having shed a few stores in recent years, The Fresh Market grocery chain based in North Carolina is in the midst of a true growth spurt, bringing its distinct stores to redeveloping areas of the suburbs.

Its eight Chicago-area locations include new ones in Naperville, Northbrook and Algonquin, with two more on the way to the redeveloping Yorktown Center in Lombard and The District at Veridian in Schaumburg.

Among its recent and future suburban sites, there appears an undeniable emphasis on new construction rather than taking over abandoned spaces.

The March opening of a 27,000-square-foot store at the Algonquin Commons shopping center in Algonq

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