Dollar Tree reported record net sales for first quarter 2013, with consolidated net sales of $1.87 billion, an 8% increase from $1.72 billion during the same quarter of the prior year.

Brixmor Property Group announced that Dollar Tree has opened a 9,000-sq.-ft. store at Ridgeview Centre, located in Wise, Va.

CenterMark Development has announced plans to build a 10,010-sq.-ft. Dollar Tree store in Cleveland, the first ground-up construction of a free-standing Dollar Tree store in the City of Cleveland.

North Plainfield, N.J.-based Levin Management Corp. said that Dollar Tree will open a store at Capitol Plaza, located in Ewing, N.J.

Brixmor Property Group announced that Dollar Tree has opened an 8,000-sq.-ft. store at Rose Pavilion, in Pleasanton, Calif., and will open a 9,000-sq.-ft. store at Ridgeview Centre, in Wise, Va.

Dollar Tree has announced that it intends to expand its distribution center in Marietta, Oak., by an additional 400,000 sq. ft. More than 100 full time positions will be created as a result of the expansion.

Brixmor Property Group said that Dollar Tree has opened a 9,600-sq.-ft. store at Boyertown Shopping Center, located in Boyertown, Pa.

Dollar Tree has approved a 2-for-1 stock split in the form of a 100% common stock dividend.

The combined store count of the four national dollar store (or extreme value) chains has now surpassed that of the three biggest national drugstore chains, according to a new report by Colliers International.

Dollar Tree reported that profit for the third quarter rose 12.1% to $104.5 million, from $93.2 million a year earlier.

Brixmor Property Group announced a 11,002-sq.-ft. Dollar Tree recently opened at Pine Tree Shopping Center, in Portland, Maine.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers said that Dollar Tree has leased retail space in Atwater, Calif., at Applegate Ranch Shopping Center.