Groundbreaking for Ralph’s Market Held November 13th at Corner of 1077 & 1085
Copperstill Marketplace, a new 60,000 square foot commercial development located at the corner of 1077 and 1085 celebrated its groundbreaking, November 13, 2013 at 10am. 38,000 square feet of the development has been architecturally designed by Stone Soup 6 Group of Austin, Texas, for a new “Interactive” Ralph’s Market, according to Brandon Trosclair, managing partner for Ralph’s Market. “Our custom-designed facility will be a high energy and customer interactive store. We are looking forward to an early fall 2014 opening,” he said. 9,000 square feet of Copperstill Marketplace was designed by Zito Architects of Mobile, AL, for specialty shops to flank the new grocery store. Also, there has been space designated for two outparcels that can be used by restaurants, banks or other similar businesses. The completion of the entire development of Copperstill Marketplace is anticipated to be finished by Fall, 2014.
The Ralph’s Market being constructed in St. Tammany Parish is the 4th store location for the grocery store chain, which has other locations in Baton Rouge and Gonzales. The first Ralph’s Market was built in Gonzales off of Hwy. 44 by a father and son team
Emerson & Ralph Singletary after whom the grocery store gets its name. With the sale of the grocery store to Ralph’s friend Ronnie Trosclair and his father Elmore in 2000, the original store was renovated and a second store in Gonzales was built in the Pelican Point complex south of the first store on Hwy. 44. The third store is located off of Jones Creek Road in Baton Rouge. Ralph’s Market began as a family run operation in 1984 and continues to be all in the family of Ronnie Trosclair and his sons.
Ralph’s Market is a full-service supermarket offering all of your grocery needs as well as a meat department where they offer their own line of Special Reserve Certified Premium Aged Beef. In fact, the meat department at the Gonzales store was voted the #1 Meat Department by Gonzales Weekly. The store also has a full-service bakery, which also prepares and ships King Cakes during the busy Mardi Gras season.
The floral department handles commercial flower orders for weddings, funerals, parties, and other large events. Floral arrangements can be designed and ordered through their specialty website: www.ralphsmarketflorist.com. Ronnie and his sons work with local farmers and growers to ship in fresh, home-grown produce, so the fruits and vegetables you will find there are “farmer’s market fresh.” This all-inclusive grocery store also has a full-service pharmacy. Ralph’s Market offers catering platters as well as onsite catering services for it’s customers. Click here to find out more about Catering Services.
Gulf States Real Estate Services along with MMABE, LLC and Ralph’s Market are handling the development of Copperstill Marketplace with Gulf States / Innovative Construction Services securing the permits. The engineering firm of Scalfano Engineering in Lacomb, Louisiana is handling the civil/site design services. In order to beautify the property and bring it up to the standards of all of the retail locations in St. Tammany Parish, Reich & Associates of Baton Rouge, LA, is handling the design and installation of the landscaping for this new, innovative, commercial development at the corner of 1077 and 1085.
