Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - What's in Store? A big-name city restaurant may be looking to expand into the eastern suburbs, a new drug store for the north side, and when will the pumps open again in Fayetteville?
First, we've got a new pharmacy to fill a void in the Lyncourt area. They're working hard at the site of the new C&J’s North Side Pharmacy at Lyncourt Plaza at Teall Avenue and Court Street.
The owner is Chris Verrillo, one of the former pharmacists at Lyncourt Drug, which recently closed just a stone's throw away after years in business on nearby Arterial Road. Verrillo tells us she hopes to open the new C&J's within the next week or two, next to Freihofer's at Lyncourt Plaza, offering a full line of prescription medications, along with health and beauty aids and durable medical equipment.
Heading east, to Fayetteville, a lot of you have been asking about the construction on the northeast corner of Route 5 and Burdick Street. The old Mobil station is down, and going up in its place, soon, will be a new Express Mart. We’re told by an Express Mart executive it'll be a 24-hour gas station and convenience store, offering hot and cold food.
She can't yet confirm the brand of gasoline. She does say a touch-free carwash will return to this site. The opening is targeted for the end of this year or early 2010.
In the Village of Manlius, Mayor Mark-Paul Serafin confirms that the Village Walk project in the center of town will be anchored by a very familiar restaurant. Serafin's message on the village website says Pastabilities, the longtime Armory Square eatery, will open a casual dining restaurant and bake shop in the Manlius. This would be a second location; the downtown eatery will stay put.
Late Wednesday, Pastabilities owner Karyn Korteling told us that the Manlius mayor is a bit premature in making his announcement. "At the moment, we are just in talks with the Village Walk Manlius developers, and no decisions have yet been made,” Korteling says.
Serafin says talks are also ongoing with other established, well-known central New York businesses and retailers to locate in the Manlius Village Walk, which will take shape over the next two years.
We’ll keep you posted.
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