Ross Dress for Less eyes East Bay store at closed pharmacy building

MARTINEZ Ross Dress for Less is planning a new East Bay retail location and has leased a former pharmacy store site through a long-term rental agreement citizens documents show The discount retailer agreed to lease one of the large anchor spaces within Village Oaks Shopping Center near the interchange of State Course and Morello Drive according to documents filed at the end of April with the Contra Costa County Recorder s Office Interior of an empty store within the Village Oaks Shopping Center at Arnold Drive in Martinez seen on April George Avalos Bay Area News Group The space is in the vicinity of square feet Rite Aid had previously operated a pharmacy store at that location Village Oaks Shopping Center has addresses that include and Arnold Drive In latest years Ross Stores has been seeking selected Bay Area sites for expansion as the discount retailer seeks new store locations The Ross Stores deals show that particular retailers are taking over Bay Area spaces where struggling stores had once operated Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in and has since revealed plans to close at least stores nationwide Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid is also cutting jobs in the Bay Area Ross in December signed a lease for a San Jose store at South White Road in east San Jose Ross leased square feet at that location By happenstance Rite Aid had previously occupied the San Jose site Ross Stores signed a -year lease in San Jose with multiple extensions As for the Martinez site Ross Stores signed a -year lease with the expected for multiple extensions of the initial term of the rental agreement county documents show