Tag: Lawrence Shopping Center

  • Staples at Lawrence Shopping Center to become family entertainment center

    Staples at Lawrence Shopping Center to become family entertainment center

    Urban Air, a family entertainment center, has signed a lease to take over the Staples office supply store space at the Lawrence Shopping Center, according to shopping center owner JJ Operating Inc. The Staples office supply store is vacating its 36,666-square-foot space Jan. 6, 2023. The store, which posted a note on the door announcing…

  • Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will open at the Lawrence Shopping Center

    Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will open at the Lawrence Shopping Center

    Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, which sells closeout merchandise and excess inventory from major manufacturers, is joining the list of businesses opening their doors at the Lawrence Shopping Center. A banner proclaiming “Coming Soon, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet” has been placed atop the vacant storefront next to Staples. When Ollie’s Bargain Outlet opens later this year, it will…

  • LA Fitness planning board approval extended

    LA Fitness planning board approval extended

    The LA Fitness Center, planned for the site of the former Huffman Koos furniture store at the Lawrence Shopping Center, will be opening at the shopping center – but just not yet. The Lawrence Township Planning Board approved a four-month extension to Oct. 15 for final site plan approval for the fitness center, which was…

  • Lidl grocery store is part of revitalization of Lawrence Shopping Center

    Lidl grocery store is part of revitalization of Lawrence Shopping Center

    It wasn’t even 7 a.m., and the line of people on the sidewalk snaked all the way past the Dollar Tree store and Sun Cleaners at the Lawrence Shopping Center. No, it was not Black Friday. It was Wednesday morning, June 9 – and the people in line were waiting for the grand opening of…

  • RPM Development receives approval to build affordable housing

    RPM Development receives approval to build affordable housing

    Eight meetings and seven months later, RPM Development LLC’s application for a 54-unit affordable housing development – next to the Lawrence Shopping Center – has gained the approval of the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The zoning board approved RPM Development LLC’s request for a use variance at a special meeting on April 28,…

  • Construction at Lidl continues; grand opening expected for the summer

    Construction at Lidl continues; grand opening expected for the summer

    The Lidl grocery store at the Lawrence Shopping Center is expected to open this summer, and a grand opening date – which has not yet been set – will be announced as the project nears completion. That’s the word from Lidl spokesman Chandler Ebeier. Work on the Lidl grocery store has begun to pick up…

  • RPM submits revised plans for affordable housing development; zoning board still not satisfied

    RPM submits revised plans for affordable housing development; zoning board still not satisfied

    It’s back to the drawing board – again – for RPM Development LLC, the would-be developer of an affordable housing development proposed for a 4.3-acre parcel next to the Lawrence Shopping Center off Texas Avenue. The Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment reviewed revised plans submitted by the applicant at its March 17 meeting, but…

  • Lidl to join Lawrence Shopping Center businesses

    Lidl to join Lawrence Shopping Center businesses

    The transformation of the former ACME grocery store into a Lidl grocery store at the Lawrence Shopping Center is well underway, with an anticipated opening date in mid- to late summer, according to Lawrence Township officials. The renovation has been taking place in spurts since demolition work on the vacant space began in August 2020.…

  • Zoning Board hopes to complete RPM Development affordable housing hearing

    Zoning Board hopes to complete RPM Development affordable housing hearing

    Lawrence Township residents may finally get a chance to comment on RPM Development LLC’s proposed affordable housing development on Texas Avenue, as the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment plans to wrap up a public hearing on the application at its Feb. 17 meeting. The township zoning board, whose virtual meeting begins at 7 p.m.,…