The Target store taking over a Bridgehampton space Kmart vacated in October is set to open in 2026.

The Bridgehampton Kmart, which was the last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States, closed last year after 25 years in operation, ending an era for a once-dominant discount retailer.

Tory N. Parrish reports in NEWSDAY that the Bridgehampton Target, which will include a CVS drugstore and Starbucks, likely will open in fall 2026 in Bridgehampton, said attorney Brian W. Kennedy, a partner with law firm Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP in Uniondale that is representing Target in the building-approval process with the Town of Southampton.

The timeline allows for an overhaul of the former Kmart space in the Bridgehampton Commons shopping center, he said.

“It’s a significant upgrade to the interior and exterior of the site,” said kennedy.

“We’re excited to bring an easy, affordable and convenient shopping experience to new guests in the Bridgehampton community with this new Target store," Target spokeswoman Loni Monroe told NEWSDAY.

Target will occupy a 91,035-square-foot space at 2044 Montauk Hwy. in Bridgehampton.

Interior work already has started, said Jennifer Maisch, a spokeswoman for Kimco Realty, the Jericho-based real estate investment trust that owns Bridgehampton Commons. Exterior work has not yet begun.

Target's planned upgrades at the Bridgehampton location include reconstructing the loading dock and modifying the front façade, according to plans submitted to the town. The retailer also received a variance from the zoning board of appeals in June to reduce the number of parking spaces in the shopping center to 1,247, from the required 1,253 parking spaces, in order to add more shopping cart corrals at the property.

Target has nearly 2,000 stores, including 20 on Long Island.

Last year, the retailer said it would open 300 stores over 10 years.

It’s unclear if that timeline is still intact, given the company’s financial challenges this year.

Target has had three consecutive quarters of declining sales.

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Stop & Shop will close its grocery delivery storeroom in Riverhead at the end of October but will continue making deliveries to the East End from other locations. After some union drivers were notified that the Riverhead “wareroom,” which is attached to the Stop & Shop store on Old Country Road in Riverhead would be closing at the end of October the company confirmed the closure but said it will not affect delivery services on the East End. “Stop & Shop has made the difficult decision to close the Riverhead wareroom this fall ... [but] will continue to offer online pickup and delivery to all local customers after the facility closes,” stated Stop & Shop spokesperson Daniel Wolk. MICHAEL WRIGHT reports on 27east.com that the company will close another wareroom in East Northport and announced last month that it is closing several other distribution centers around the Northeast. Deliveries of groceries on the East End will continue to be handled by the company’s current drivers and not through partner delivery services like Instacart – as has been reported will be the case in other regions. Delivery drivers at the closing warerooms will remain employed by the company, according to the union representing the drivers. “Deliveries across Long Island will continue to be fulfilled from our distribution centers in the area and will remain handled directly by Stop & Shop,” Wolk said. “We remain fully committed to providing home delivery across Long Island.”

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