Hold the Cookie Butter: Trader Joe’s May Be Coming to Colonial Marketplace

The rumors have been swirling about a Trader Joe’s coming to East Colonial Drive, and now there’s something a little more substantial than neighborhood gossip to back them up. A permit application filed with the City of Orlando identifies 3001 E. Colonial Drive, inside Colonial Marketplace, as the proposed home of a new Trader Joe’s grocery store. That s the shopping center near Target and LA Fitness, where the former Burlington space has been the subject of some of the speculation. The proposed project would convert an existing retail space into a grocery store, with new flooring, ceilings, lighting, fixtures, and updates to the plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems. The rumors have been making the rounds online, too, with Orlando Reddit users sharing stories of conversations with nearby employees and construction workers about the possible arrival of the popular grocery chain. And this wouldn t be the only new Trader Joe’s headed to Central Florida. The company