Trader Joe's announces 2 new Manhattan stores to open this year

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The grocery store chain Trader Joe's announced it is opening two new stores in New York City this year.

The company said the stores are both slated for Manhattan - one at 233 Spring Street in SoHo (between Sixth Ave and Varick Street), and the other at 670 Columbus Avenue (93rd/Columbus) on the Upper West Side.

Both stores are expected to open in late 2017. No specific dates have been released.

Trader Joe's previously announced two other stores that will open in the NYC area this year:

IN BROOKLYN: 445 Gold Street at City Point in Brooklyn. It's scheduled to open for business in 2017, but no date has been announced.

IN HOBOKEN: 1350 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey. May 2017 is the targeted opening date.

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