Photo by Keith McCoy.
Smith's Variety Mary Anne Glazner
Mary Anne Glazner, who has owned Smith's Variety since 1976, said she is excited to move the store to Crestline Village.
Smith’s Variety is moving to the former CVS location in Crestline Village.
The store announced its move on Friday afternoon, touting that it will be neighbors with the new Piggly Wiggly in 2016.
Owner Mary Anne Glazner said they anticipate moving into the new space Jan. 1, 2016.
“I’m so excited about this,” Glazner said. “We will update and change, but it will be all the good ole stuff we’ve always had.”
Smith’s Variety has been open for over 65 years, and Glazner and her husband have owned and operated it in its Mountain Brook Village location since 1976.
A press release said that the store had been “looking and praying for a place to move” within close proximity to its current home due to the changes coming to Mountain Brook Village with the new Lane Parke development.
“When Austin Blair of LAH Commercial Realtors presented us with the opportunity to stay in Mountain Brook and be right next to a much loved new local grocery store, we jumped at the chance,” the release said. “He, along with Tim Blair of Shannon Waltchack, who represents the landlord, worked together to make this happen.”
Glazner said customers had been telling them they should move to the Crestline CVS location and that it was a “godsend” when the realtors approached them about the space. Negotiations had been ongoing for a while. Glazner said CVS’s main concern was that the location would not be used for another drug store.
Smith’s, currently located at 2715 Culver Road, will be located at 49 Church Street once it moves. The store can be reached at 871-0841.
