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The Triangle is getting a new grocery store.
Lotte Plaza Market — a chain that sells fruit, vegetables, meats and international foods — is coming to Morrisville.
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“Lotte Plaza Market was built to serve Pan-Asian communities so we’re always looking to expand and to serve communities that are growing and thriving,” Calvin Yang, head of marketing for the grocery chain, told The News & Observer in a Wednesday, May 20 email. “The median household income, the density of Asian residents, the cultural infrastructure already in place — it all makes sense for us.”
The Morrisville store set to open next year. Here’s what to know about where it could open and what it’s expected to sell.
An online map shows Lotte Plaza Market is coming to McCrimmon Corners, located at 4031 Davis Drive. The shopping center is in the Raleigh suburb of Morrisville and a roughly 5-mile drive southwest from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
The store will occupy more than 48,000 square feet next to the dog-grooming business Swifthounds, real estate investment firm Westwood Financial wrote on its website.
It’s not the first time a grocery store has been at the plaza. Earlier this year, Harris Teeter said it closed its McCrimmon Corners location “after careful consideration and strategic market review,” The N&O previously reported.
Shoppers will have to wait for the new supermarket. Yang said the store will open “in the second half of 2027.”
“Morrisville is one of the fastest growing and diverse towns in North Carolina, with Asian residents now making up nearly half the population,” Yang wrote. “The Research Triangle is also home to hundreds of companies employing tens of thousands of professionals, drawing highly educated, internationally connected families from across Asia.”
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The new store would be under 5 miles from Cary’s H Mart, an Asian supermarket chain. Roughly 20% of Cary residents and more than 40% of Morrisville residents are Asian, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
The chain plans to reveal more about what the Morrisville store will sell when it’s closer to welcoming customers.
“Lotte Plaza Market is a full Pan-Asian grocery brand,” Yang wrote. “Customers can expect fresh produce, specialty meats, seafood, a broad pantry covering Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Indian, and other Asian cuisines, along with other international snack brands.”
The chain’s website lists more than a dozen locations across four states, and the new store would be the first in North Carolina.
Many of the locations have food courts “featuring Asian restaurant concepts, bakeries, and cafes.” Shoppers also can find cosmetics, household items and imported goods, according to Yang.
The News & Observer reached out to Westwood Financial on Tuesday, May 19 and is awaiting response.
This story has been updated.
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This story was originally published May 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM.