Update: The Citrus Heights 99 Cents Only store is now open, with daily operating hours from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Offering prices at a penny lower than the Dollar Tree across the street, a new 99 Cents Only store plans to open this summer in the old Orchard Supply Hardware lot at the corner of Greenback Lane and San Juan Avenue.
Boasting more than 350 stores in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas, the “deep-discount retailer” chose to include Citrus Heights as part of an ongoing regional expansion effort, according to the company’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development & Property Management, Jesse Allen.
“Sacramento and its surrounding area represents a core market for 99 Cents Only Stores,” said Allen in an email statement to The Sentinel, identifying why the company had chosen Citrus Heights for the new location. “We wanted to expand our ability to continue serving our community in this area.”
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Allen said the company expects to open the store in “early summer,” and recently pulled their building permits, according to Devon Rodriguez, a development specialist with the City of Citrus Heights.
Rodriguez said the new store does not require planning commission approval, and will include a “facade upgrade, with the 99 Cents store facing Greenback Lane.”
The former Orchard Supply Hardware lot will also be occupied by Crunch Fitness, which is anticipated to open in April, according to Rodriguez.
