East Hartford Stop & Shop expected to shut down

The Stop & Shop supermarket on Silver Lane in East Hartford is set to close early next year, company officials confirmed Monday.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts-based grocery store chain said the supermarket’s landlord will not grant a renewal of its lease. The location is expected to shut down on Jan. 6, 2022.

All workers at the East Hartford location will be given the opportunity to transfer to other Stop & Shop locations, she said.

According to town property records, CP Plaza Holdings LLC, of Lakewood, New Jersey, owns the 26.6-acre site at 940 Silver Lane, which also houses a Big Lots, a Burlington clothing store and several smaller businesses.

CP Plaza Holdings bought the property from U.S. Bank National Association in 2017 for $6 million.

Stop & Shops operates three stores within five miles of the Silver Lane location, in Glastonbury, Manchester and South Windsor.