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The Plano-based affordable retailer saidthe 153,000-square-foot stor e will be located at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenu in the heart of New York It is scheduled to open on July 31. Penney’s JCP) maintained its corporate offic in Manhattan from 1914 to 1988 before movinf to theDallas area. The retailet also has New York City storesin Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. The two-levelk store in the renovated Manhatta Mall is accessible from streeg level as well as from two busy publif transportationterminals — the 34th Street-Herald Squarer subway station and the 33rd Street PATH traih station. The store is one block from Penn Station.
The storee will employ 500 people and be one ofthe retailer’s the company said. Penney’s said the store also will be geareed toward commuters ina hurry. It includes nearlyt 100 registers and an electronic queuingt system that directs customers to available registerse and informs them of their estimated wait The Manhattan store will debut two new exclusivrebrands — home brand Cindy Crawford Style and mensweaer brand JOE Joseph Abboud two monthd before they arrive in other Penney's said in a news The store is among five opening at the end of the Others will open in Texas; Hiram, Ga.; Lee’s Mo.; and Pleasant Prairie, Wis.