Dunkin’ Donuts and Dollar Tree Stores Are Proliferating in the Bronx
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By Eddie Small
THE BRONX — Dunkin' Donuts and Dollar Tree are rapidly increasing throughout borough, but several higher-end chain stores are continuing to elude the borough, according to a new report.
The policy organization Center for an Urban Future recently released its annual "State of the Chains" study, which showed that The Bronx experienced the highest growth of chain stores out of all five boroughs for the second year in a row.
Chain stores in the borough increased by 4.2 percent, jumping from 857 locations in 2015 to 893 locations in 2016, according to the report.
The Bronx was number one among the five boroughs last year as well with 3.3 percent growth, and it also topped the list in 2012 with 4.3 percent growth.
"For six years now, The Bronx has been seeing pretty regular increases in national retailers," said Jonathan Bowles, executive director of Center for an Urban Future, "and I think that there are probably still a lot of folks in The Bronx that would say the borough is under-retailed."
