East Concord building that holds market, apartments changes hands

Concord’s Eastside Market has a new landlord.

Sarah Parker and her husband bought 11 Eastman Street in March for $893,000. While they have early thoughts about what they eventually could do with the place, nothing is changing for a while, she said.

“It’s business as usual for a year at least,” Parker said.

While the property has changed hands a few times over the last six years, the market in East Concord has been a staple of the neighborhood for decades.

For about 40 years, it was Quality Cash Market, a multigenerational family business that sold in 2020 after the death of its patriarch, Tony Heath, according to past Monitor reports.

In the years since, the store has maintained its niche. The current Eastside Market features a wide-ranging deli menu, pizza, ice cream and other quick-bite staples.

Parker and her husband, of Chester, are small-scale landlords with residential properties in southern New Hampshire, including a handful in Concord. The building has a few apartments on the upper floors.

For the self-described “Concord enthusiasts,” it was the market’s prominence in the fabric of the neighborhood that drew them in, Parker said.

“I loved that it was part of the community,” she said, noting especially its location just a stone’s throw from Merrill Park.

The building sold after about six months on the market, per a listing. The owner of Eastside Market had no comment.