HMart's New Jersey store now open, plans for a new store in the state of Washington underway

Popular Asian grocery store HMart opens its newest grocery store in New Jersey today. But the East Coast is not the only area in the U.S. the specialty grocer is mapping out growth.

The Lyndhurst, New Jersey-based grocer has bi-coastal plans, which include an HMart in Redmond, Washington at 7589 170th Ave. N.E., the site of a former Bed Bath & Beyond, according to the city of Redmond website.

WGB reached out to HMart but no details were provided regarding the newest West Coast location.

HMart is also plotting a new Midwest store. HMart currently has five stores  in the Chicago area but is ready to expand outside the city and head downstate into Urbana, Illinois. The new store will be located at 220 N. Broadway Ave., less than two miles from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, as first reported by the Korea Times Chicago.

The grocery chain is also planning to open on the Upper East Side of New York City, as reported by the RealDeal. Located between Second and Third avenues, the store’s 223 E. 86th Street location will add to the grocer’s growing presence in New York, which currently includes 12 HMart locations.

H Mart’s newest location in New Jersey is the state’s ninth and is located on level 1 of the American Dream mall at 1 American Dream Way in East Rutherford, New Jersey, about 12 miles from New York City. 

HMart stores feature Asian groceries and housewares, fresh produce, meat, seafood, as well as food halls inside many of the supermarket locations. 

Founded in 1982, HMart now operates over 75 stores in 14 states across the U.S.