Lululemon Closes Temporary Village At Newtown Location

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Popular athletic apparel company Lululemon has closed its temporary location at the Village at Newtown shopping center.

A note posted on the door reads, “We are temporarily closed as of October 8. We will reopen in our permanent location next to Chipotle in November.”

Up until early August, the chain had operated a pop up store at the Village next to FP Movement. It’s former pop up location is now being renovated into a full Lululemon store, which is scheduled to open in November.

Since August, Lululemon shoppers have been able to browse through displays of athletic apparel and accessories at a temporary store location inside the former Pier One Imports store, the future site of the Capital Grille.

The Canadian-based higher-end retailer specializes in innovative men’s and women’s activewear apparel and accessories for yoga, running, training and everything in-between.

Founded by Chip Wilson in Vancouver, Canada in 1998, Lululemon started as a design studio by day and yoga studio by night. It soon became a standalone store in November 2000 in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood.

The store’s vision is “to create more than a place where people can get gear to sweat in. We wanted to create a community hub where people can learn and discuss the physical aspects of healthy living, mindfulness and living a life of possibility. It was also important for us to create real relationships with our guests and understand what they are passionate about, how they liked to sweat and help them celebrate their goals. Today, we do this in our stores around the globe.”