Discount retailer Dollar Tree is expected to move into a former Rite Aid store in Barrington New Jersey with a targeted opening of Spring of 2026.
The former Rite Aid store is located at 501 Clements Bridge Road at the busy intersection of Gloucester Pike.
At almost 15,000 square feet, this is one of the larger former Rite Aid stores which also has a fair amount of parking associated with it.
While Dollar Tree has not formally announced this location, construction industry contacts inform 42Freeway that the project is currently out to bid looking for contractors to remodel the building into a new location for the discounted merchandise store.
The complete closing of Rite Aid stores nationally is very sad news, but it has opened up new opportunities for other expanding brands such as Dollar General and Dollar Tree to move into communities where due to dense development over the decades it had become difficult to find available space to open a new store.
And with 236 locations in New Jersey, Dollar Tree is looking to take advantage of every opportunity they can to further expand the brand in the Garden State.
Just a few months ago I wrote about Dollar Tree relocating an existing store on Blackwood-Clementon Road into a former Rite Aid location situated closer to the roadway… a larger store and more modern store.
For that Blackwood location the Rite Aid building was a perfect match for the Dollar Tree product selection and branding. While Barrington is slightly older brick facade design, I expect similar success with converting Barrington’s former pharmacy into a Dollar Tree.
Located at a busy traffic signaled intersection not too far from the White Horse Pike, it appears to be a very good location for the discount retaile.
In my simple Google searches this new Barrington location appears to fill in a “gap” in the Dollar Tree coverage map, offering quick access also from Barrington, Haddon Heights, south Haddonfield and more.
While I don’t publish the store interior layout here in this article, I do have a copy of of the design which shows the main retail floor of the Rite Aid store being utilized for the Dollar Tree product selection… but the former Pharmacy and Medical areas of the facility look like they’ll be reserved for behind-the-scenes storage.
At this point everyone likely knows that Dollar Tree is a discount retailer originally focused on selling all items for $1.. and then raising that base price to a $1.25.
Later on Dollar Tree followed up with the Dollar Tree Plus section, which offers discounted items at price points greater than $1.25.
The contract bidding document list the square footage of 14,788, with a construction start date expected to be around March 23rd and a completion of May 1st of 2026.
Links and Location
Dollar Tree Barrington – Expected Spring 2026501 Clements Bridge RoadBarrington NJ 08007
Dollar Tree Website