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Shopping to stop temporarily at Merrick Stop & Shop

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The Stop & Shop in the Merrick Mall will close for most of the fall, according to store management. The grocery store is now undergoing a major renovation, which Stop & Shop had planned for years but was plagued by delays. The renovation will expand the grocery store’s footprint to 36,000 square feet, said Robert Bencivenga, Stop & Shop’s senior director of real estate for the New York metropolitan area. Earlier this year, he expressed optimism that the project may be complete before the December holiday season. At left, construction is under way on the store’s west side, where the nightclub Escapes once stood.