Bealls to open new store at Hyde Park Plaza in Leechburg

LEECHBURG, Pa. — The latest retail newcomer to the region has taken more than 100 years to expand into western Pennsylvania.

But Bradenton, Florida-based Bealls Inc. and its long history as a family-owned retailer is ready to bring its closest store to Pittsburgh yet, with a lease commitment to open a new location in Hyde Park Plaza in Leechburg in the Allegheny Valley. It’s targeting a May opening expecting to be one of 11 new stores to open this year.

“We’re an off-price retailer,” said Suzanne Santangelo, a spokeswoman for the retailer, adding the new Hyde Park Plaza store “will have apparel and accessories for the entire family but also home goods as well.”

The new store isn’t quite the first in the region even if it is the closest to Pittsburgh, as a Bealls store is now operating in Butler as well as New Castle with stores in the works for Altoona and Bradford as well.

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