Popular Illinois Grocer Suddenly Has 16 Properties for Sale

As I was looking through some new grand openings for one of the most popular grocery store chains in Illinois, I noticed something curious. That same chain that has been rapidly opening new locations now suddenly has 16 properties for sale.

It's no secret that one of the more popular grocery chains in nearly every Illinois town is Aldi. I was looking around their grand openings page which has 5 new locations including one that apparently opened recently in Plainfield, Illinois. It was then I noticed something I hadn't seen before: Available Properties

Here are 16 locations in Illinois that their corporate site says are available:

• NEC Market Street & Wylie Drive
  ​​​​​​​ Bloomington, IL
  1.14 acre
  Land - For Sale/Lease
• 1225 Camp Jackson Rd
  Cahokia, IL
  0.39 acre
  Land - For Sale
• 6220 N. California,
  Chicago, IL 60659
  2,200 sq ft
  Building - For Lease
• SWC Od Divistion and North Wells St.
  Chicago, IL
  3,900 sq ft
  Building - For Sublease
• 9930 Joliet Road
  Countryside, IL
  15,154 sq ft / 1.42 acre
  Building & Lot - For Sale
• 799 Summit Street
  Elgin, IL
  23,392 sq ft / .54 acre
  Land - For Sale
• Route 30 & Harlem Avenue
  Frankfort, IL
  3.78 acre
  Land - For Sale/Lease
• 3500 183rd Street
  Hazel Crest, IL 60429
  1.84 acres
  Building/Land for Sale
• 2705 S. Schuyler Ave. (RTE. 52)
  Kankakee, IL
  4.05 acre
  Land - For Sale/Lease
• 179th Street & Wolf Road
  Orland Park, IL 60467
  0.50 acres
  Land
• SWC Route 59 & 135th Street
  Plainfield, IL
  3.46 acres/15,154 sft
  Building for Sale
• 7101 Rittenhouse Drive
  Pontiac, IL
  1.54 acre
  Land - For Sale/Lease
• SWC Route 59 & Black Road
  Shorewood, IL
  7 acre
  Land - For Sale/Lease
• 1708 N Illinois St
  Swansea, IL
  2,000 sq ft
  Building - For Sublease
• 1100 Schuyler Lane
  Taylorville, IL
  2.79 acre
  Land - For Sale
• 16000 S Harlem Avenue
  Tinley Park, IL
  12,960 - 39,824 sq. ft
  Building - For Sale/Lease

I'm not saying there's anything that unusual with a grocery store chain selling land and/or buildings. It's just something I had not noticed from Aldi before. They're known more for opening stores than selling them and I thought it was curious and nothing more.