Giant Eagle Express Coming to Route 19
Peters Township Council Monday night approved the 15,000-square-foot plan, which includes the small grocery, a GetGo gas station, car wash and pharmacy.
Peters Township Council approved a plan for a Giant Eagle Express to be built in the former Charapp Ford South building, most recently occupied by SP Floors.
Council members Jim Berquist and Frank Arcuri were absent from the meeting.
The 5-0 approval comes after years of going back and forth with Giant Eagle on the company’s ideas for that space, according to Peters Township Planning Director Ed Zuk.
The property stretches from Beinhauer Funeral Home to Huntington Learning Center and will include the small grocery, a GetGo gas station, car wash and pharmacy.
The current building will be demolished and a new building will be constructed, according to Kevin Brett, senior project manager for Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering Inc., who was speaking on Giant Eagle’s behalf Monday.
The plan was approved as a subdivision for liquor license potential. If approved, liquor would be sold only in the grocery store.
As part of the plan, Peters Township's Circle Drive will be modified for a left-turn lane. Township officials said Peters residents near the new site plan have been made aware.
The Giant Eagle Express and GetGo gas pumps will be open and accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Zuk confirmed a sidewalk would not be added to Circle Drive.
Site plans showed outdoor seating as part of the grocery store's amenities. Currently, only two additional Giant Eagle Express locations exist in Indiana, PA and Harmarville.
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Peters Township Municipal Building
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Beinhauer Family Services
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Huntington Learning Center
2848 Washington Rd, McMurray, PA
Tax Payer
9:46 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
It sounds like a great addition to that section of the Route 19 corridor. I do wonder, however, if the prices will be even higher than the already pricy Giant Eagle supermarkets? Any word on that?
Kerrie
1:18 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
We need a Dollar General. Giant Eagle is too expensive.
Robert A. Shoaf
4:15 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
I assume you mean Bottom Dollar; the closest stores are in Bridgeville/Collier in the Great Southern Shopping Center, and on Brownsville Road in Baldwin. I believe there is also one in Carnegie.
Giant Eagle can be expensive, at least on a number of items, but I have found Shop n'Save to be a good alternative. However, I also have found perishable, dated items there to often be much closer to the " best used by" date than Giant Eagle.
And, IMHO, Giant Eagle's deli is far superior to Shop n' Save.
Perhaps this Giant Eagle Express will be priced similiar to Bottom Dollar, etc.
Thankfully, that eyesore abandoned car dealer location will be gone.
Kerrie
8:53 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012
The new Dollar Generals are very nice. The closest is rhe old one in Bethel and Mt Lebanon.