Pueblo faces eviction at locations on St. Croix and St. Thomas for failure to pay $783,201 in rent

ST. CROIX — The owner of Pueblo Supermarket, World Fresh Market LLC, is facing eviction from two of the grocery store’s locations in the territory for failure to pay a combined total of $783,201.31 in rent owed since last November to its landlord, PDCM Associates SE, according to court documents.

PDCM, a Puerto Rico special partnership, filed two civil complaints Friday in Superior Court against World Fresh Market, which has been PDCM’s tenant since 1999 at both locations — Golden Rock Shopping Center on St. Croix and Long Bay Shopping Center on St. Thomas. World Fresh Market owes $355,962.86 in rent for its store in Golden Rock Shopping Center on St. Croix, and $427,238.45 in rent for its store in Long Bay Shopping Center on St. Thomas, according to court documents.

PDCM originally leased the supermarket spaces in the Golden Rock Shopping Center and Long Bay Shopping Center to XTRA Super Food Center Inc. on June 1, 1999. Both leases were assigned to and assumed by World Fresh Market pursuant to a July 23, 2007 agreement.