Exeter Commons opens for business

Exeter Township, Pa. Exeter JV Associates, LP, a partnership of The Goldenberg Group and Ironwood Property Group, said Thursday its Exeter Commons shopping center has had its first retail openings.

Target opened a 132,000-sq.-ft. store on July 26, and Giant Foods opened an 81,000-sq.-ft. store and gas station on Aug. 19.

Additional retailers now open for business in the 490,000-sq.-ft. center include Sonic, America’s Drive-In, Sleepy’s, Five Below, Red Robin, Chick-fil-A, Petco, Famous Footwear, and America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses.

Other openings in August include Five Guys Burgers & Fries, T-Mobile, GameStop and Supercuts. September openings include Staples and Affinity Bank. Early October marks the opening of a 171,000-sq.-ft. Lowe’s home-improvement store, followed by the planned opening of a Wachovia branch in late October or early November.