RYAN MELLON | Website ProducerShoppes at Belmont, one of the newest development projects in Lancaster County, is nearing completion.
Some stores stores and restaurants have already opened and more are opening this week.
Nordstrom Rack is opening Thursday.
Sub shop Jersey Mike's is also opening Wednesday.
P.F. Chang's is set for a March 19 opening.
You're probably thinking: What about the traffic impact?
TIM BUCKWALTER | Data JournalistIt's the new centers and robust communities that entice major retailers to Lancaster County, according to this September 2016 LNP story.
There's also The Crossings at Conestoga Creek on Harrisburg Pike. There, Wegman's is set for an "early fall" opening with 475 employees.
LNP photographer Rick Hertzler took photos throughout the new Belmont complex.
Construction began in September 2016.
Workers use earthmoving equipment to prepare the future site of the Shoppes at Belmont, at Fruitville Pike and Route 30, on Friday.
And is almost looking like this rendering...
This rendering depicts the Shoppes at Belmont. The back row of stores, from left, are Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nordstrom Rack and Michaels. At right, with a white roof, is Whole Foods. In the foreground is the Main Street section, with restaurants and smaller stores.
Chick-fil-A opened Jan. 10 with 100 people camping out for free sandwiches for a year.
People participate in the First 100 Campout promotion at the new Belmont location of Chick-Fil-A on Fruitville Pike.
Lancaster is getting its first Whole Foods. The store will host a farmer’s market in its parking lot during the spring and summer. They haven't announced an opening date.
Whole Foods Market at the Shoppes at Belmont.
Nordstrom Rack carries out-of-season inventory that had been carried by its department stores.
Nordstrom Rack and Dick's Sporting Goods Store at the Shoppes at Belmont.
Target needs no introduction. Belmont's will be the third store in Lancaster County.
The Target store at the Shoppes at Belmont
Dick's Sporting Goods opened a 51,000-square-foot store at Belmont on March 2.
Dick's Sporting Goods and Nordstrom Rack stores at the Shoppes at Belmont.
Fine Wine & Good Spirits, the county’s busiest state liquor store, is moving from Hawthorne Center.
Fine Wine and Good Spirits at the Shoppes at Belmont.
Mod Pizza, with “made on demand” artisan-style pizza and salads, has already open its second location in the county. Zoes Kitchen serves up Mediterranean foods and will open this month.
Zoes Kitchen and Modpizza at the Shoppes at Belmont.
P.F. Chang's, opening March 19, serves Asian food made from scratch, daily. They have more than 210 U.S. locations.
The giant horse at the front of P.F. Chang's at the Shoppes at Belmont. From their website: “Our majestic 11 ft. tall horses grace the entrance to many of our restaurants. The horse symbolizes the original Forbidden City in China, which was built for China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huangdi.”
Michaels is moving from Lancaster Shopping Center into a larger space.
Main Street stores will include national chains Ulta Beauty, Rack Room Shoes, Lane Bryant, Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Norman’s Hallmark and local business Finch Jewelers, which will move from the Wheatland Shopping Center.
The Hallmark Gold Crown store at the Shoppes at Belmont.
In total, the Shoppes at Belmont will have about 30 stores and restaurants in 365,000 square feet, making the shopping center the fifth largest mall in the county.
Only Park City, Rockvale Outlets, Red Rose Commons and Tanger Outlets will be larger.
A view from the center of the Shoppes at Belmont looking east towards Target and Dick's Sporting Goods.
In addition to 74 townhouses and 13 single-family homes scheduled for completion in spring 2018, A Hilton franchisee in York purchased land from Belmont for a hotel called Suite2.
The Home2 Suites by Hilton under Construction across the Fruitville Pike from the Shoppes at Belmont.
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A fourth business at the Shoppes at Belmont has announced plans to open next month.
TIM MEKEEL | Staff Writer
