Dollar General may move to former Rite Aid space on Butler’s Main Street
The former Rite Aid on Butler’s Main Street will soon have a new tenant, according to two employees of the Dollar General store that will be relocating there.
Dollar General will transform the former pharmacy into a DG Market — a Dollar General that also sells fresh produce — according to two employees familiar with the situation.
The employees said the move would take place by the end of September. In so doing, Dollar General will vacate its storefront at 119 N. Main St. The employees added they weren’t sure what would happen to Dollar General’s current space.
The employees said they were informed of the decision roughly a month ago.
Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said he hopes an announcement on thne fate of the building will be forthcoming.
The Rite Aid closed its doors earlier this year, along with all of the chain’s other locations in Butler County, shortly after the pharmacy declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Property records indicate that the current Dollar General space is owned by the estate of Louis Wiener. The Rite Aid space was purchased this April by Ocean Block Capital, a real estate developer based in New York City, from Pfeil Murrell Company for just under $7.2 million.
According to a message received from Dollar General’s public relations department last year, the Main Street location was the first Dollar General to open in Butler County in 1992. Today, there are at least 25 across the county, including DG Market locations in Middlesex Township and Chicora.
The move by Dollar General would follow a pattern of the chain moving into locations left vacant by Rite Aid, as has already happened in Fairview Township, York County; Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County; and the Hazelwood section of Pittsburgh.
