Old Navy Plans 3rd Bucks Co. Store

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Clothing chain Old Navy has plans to open its third Bucks County store.

The retailer is seeking approval to construct a new building in the Newtown Shopping Center, near Bed Bath & Beyond. The application includes permission to construct the 12,500 square-foot building as well as 80 parking spots.

The new building will be located in an area that backs up to the high school, which has been reserved for potential future development, Newtown Township Planning Commission Vice Chair Peggy Driscoll told the supervisors during a meeting Wednesday.

The Planning Commission reviewed the application for the additional development at the shopping center during a meeting Tuesday and is in support of the variances, Driscoll said.

The applicant will come before the Newtown Township Zoning Hearing Board for approval for the variances. A project timeline was not immediately available.

Once the variances are obtained, the project will through the land development process, Township Manager Micah Lewis said.

It would be the third Bucks County location for Old Navy. Stores are currently located in Fairless Hills and Warminster.

The news comes as another clothing chain announced it would be closing its store in the Neshaminy Mall.

Fashion retailer Express will close 31 stores by the end of the month, including the store at Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, the company announced. Locally, Express also has locations at Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne, Willow Grove Mall in Willow Grove and Philadelphia Mills.

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