The news led to cheers from Whole Foods fans in Jersey City and from the city's mayor, Steve Fulop, who called the store "much needed." Whole Foods announced in 2016 that it would open a similarly sized location in a space near the Grove Street PATH station. The new location is farther east, in the Mack-Cali building at Washington Street and Columbus Drive that now includes a Five Guys burger joint, which will relocate. The Whole Foods in Jersey City will be about twice the size as the company's Montclair location.