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Article: 5 cities at a glance.(Local)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2009
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Officials of the CVS Pharmacy chain confirmed Thursday that the opening of their first new store in Hampton Roads this week marks the start of a major local expansion.
The pharmacy at Independence Boulevard and Pleasure House Road in Virginia Beach opened Sunday. Another Beach store, under construction at Laskin and First Colonial roads, is scheduled to open in August, said Jack Schwartzbach, CVS's region manager.
CVS's first Chesapeake location, at Kempsville Road and Volvo Parkway, is set to open early next year, he said.
"We do plan to continue our growth in the Hampton Roads market," Schwartzbach said. "We're aggressively looking at ...