On the ‘Watch List’: Tarentum’s Rite Aid space

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On the ‘Watch List’: Tarentum’s Rite Aid space

By Tribune-Review

1 Min Read • Feb. 7, 2018 | 8 years Ago

| Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:42 a.m.

Brian C. Rittmeyer | Tribune-Review

Rite Aid confirmed on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, that the Tarentum store will close at the end of February. It will reopen for a brief liquidation sale in March.

The chain says the 411 Corbet St. drugstore will close Feb. 28 “due to performance.” Tarentum’s mayor says it has “been a staple in the community for a long time” — as a Thrift Drug, then an Eckerd, then a Rite Aid — and its closing will hurt residents who can’t reach other stores, but Rite Aid will help market the space.

Here’s hoping a new tenant, at least as useful as the drugstore, opens there soon.

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