Rite Aid Closing Tomorrow

Tomorrow (August 24) will be the last day of operation for the Rite Aid on Castro Valley Boulevard. A spokesperson for the corporate office told the Forum that prescriptions are being transferred to the Walgreens in the Castro Village Shopping Center down the street. A store manager said employees are being offered a chance to transfer to other sites. The next closest Rite Aid is at 1355 MacArthur Blvd, San Leandro.

“A decision to close a store is one we take very seriously and is based on a variety of factors including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance,” the representative said in an email.

The Castro Valley Rite Aid had seen declining business over the years and property managers considered subleasing the site for a Sprouts Grocery store in 2016. Originally built in 1964 as Lee Brothers Value World, the store converted to a Payless Drug Store in the 1970s. No word yet on any plans for the property.