Seafood City Splashes Into Chandler Mall With 100-Plus Jobs Up for Grabs

Seafood City is casting a wide net for talent as it gets ready to drop anchor at Chandler Fashion Center, hiring more than 100 workers for its first Arizona supermarket. The roughly 65,000-square-foot store is slated to take over the mall’s former Sears space in July, pairing a full grocery floor with a multi-vendor food hall and bringing a fresh wave of retail and restaurant jobs to Chandler.

Hiring push and timeline

According to the Phoenix Business Journal, Seafood City is ramping up recruiting for more than 100 positions as it preps the Chandler location for a July 2026 opening. Job listings span both the supermarket itself and the food-hall vendors, with interviews and onboarding rolling out as construction and buildout continue behind the scenes.

Where it will land

The new store will take over the upper level of the former Sears at Chandler Fashion Center, at 3111 W. Chandler Blvd. Property owner and leasing manager Macerich already shows the site as the future Seafood City on its leasing materials, signaling the project is firmly in the pipeline. Macerich notes that the mall is in the midst of targeted redevelopments of former department-store space, with the Seafood City buildout one of the marquee conversions.

What shoppers will find

The Phoenix Business Journal reports that the Chandler supermarket will feature a sizable food hall packing in seven different restaurant concepts, layered on top of Seafood City’s usual mix of Filipino groceries, bakery offerings and fresh seafood counters. The roughly 65,000-square-foot footprint and the chain’s market-and-dining model were also highlighted in earlier coverage of its first Arizona location in Chandler.

Part of a bigger mall makeover

Macerich has positioned Seafood City as a key piece of a broader effort to overhaul Chandler Fashion Center’s dining and entertainment offerings. That plan includes a mix of new full-service and fast-casual restaurants plus expanded outdoor gathering areas, with buzzy names like Din Tai Fung on the way as part of the refresh. The redevelopment is aimed at cementing the mall as a regional dining destination, according to project coverage from AZ Big Media.

What’s next

For now, the big action item is Seafood City’s hiring blitz as construction pushes through the summer. Job seekers and nearby residents will want to keep an eye on Seafood City and Chandler Fashion Center for official opening details, job-fair announcements and on-site hiring events. We will update this story as Seafood City, Macerich or mall management release more specific timelines and application windows.