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Posted: October 28, 2016
Northeast Retail completes 9,180 s/f and breaks ground on 8,320 s/f
Daniel Plotkin, Northeast Retail Leasing & Management
51 Norwich Avenue - Norwich, CT
East Hartford, CT According to Daniel Plotkin of Windsor CT-based Northeast Retail Leasing & Management Co., the preferred build-to-suit developer for Family Dollar Stores completed a new 9,180 s/f store at 627 Burnside Ave. and broke ground for a new 8,320 s/f Family Dollar store at 51 Norwich Ave. in Norwich.
According to Plotkin, Town Fair Tire Centers has opened two new stores in New Hampshire at 570 Meadow St. in Littleton and 31 Nashua Rd. in Londonderry, and a third store in Connecticut at 19 Pavilion Dr. bringing the store count to 94 throughout New England.
Town Fair Tire is one of New England’s largest tire retailers and seeks retail locations, land, pads and shopping center space for its 7,000 s/f stores.
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