PLANO, Texas–The first J.C. Penney store to be located in Manhattan is scheduled to open its doors on July 31.
The store will be in the Manhattan Mall at the corner of 6th Avenue and 33rd Street, near Herald Square and Penn Station. According to a statement from the department-store retailer, the store will measure 153,000 square feet on two levels, and will serve a customer base that includes New York City residents, commuters, business travelers and tourists.
Noting that the retailer’s corporate headquarters were in New York City from 1914 to 1988, Myron Ullman III, chairman and chief executive officer said, “The time is right” for J.C. Penney to open a Manhattan store. Ullman added that the company has the “financial strength to create a unique and inviting store in the heart of New York City.”
J.C. Penney also has stores in Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.