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Howell Commons Burlington Store To Open March 5

Formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, the retailer will be opening its Howell Commons and Brick Plaza sites this week.

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HOWELL, NJ - Discount department store chain Burlington will be adding two locations in Central Jersey this month.

The retailer formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory will be opening stores in Howell Commons and Brick Plaza, according to its website.

A third site in Morris County is scheduled to open March 19. A Secaucus store is also in the works, scheduled to open sometime in June.

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The Route 9 location in Howell will be situated in a spot that once belonged to Famous Footwear - which has since relocated elsewhere in the plaza - according to the Asbury Park Press.

An Old Navy location (which was formerly a Dress Barn) is currently under construction next to the Burlington.

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Burlington has one other store in Brick (in Bay Harbor Plaza) as well as locations in Freehold, Toms River, Ocean, East Windsor, East Brunswick and Hazlet.

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