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Despite pandemic, these new businesses, medical centers and homes are opening in central Pa.
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
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The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed down business openings and construction but it certainly hasn’t stopped them.
A number of housing developments are planned in Harrisburg, Susquehanna Township, Hampden Township, East Pennsboro Township and throughout the midstate.
And stores including REI Co-op, PaulB Mechanicsburg, Five Below and TJ Maxx are all opening new locations in central Pennsylvania this year.
And three companies have plans to open multiple locations in the region: Shiny Shell CarWash, Xfinity and Pet Supplies Plus.
Other new locations include a childcare center, a hospital, newly built medical offices, a doggie daycare, restaurants, hotels, an indoor trampoline park and more.
The Xfinity stores have an open format with a showroom and allow customers the chance to see products on displays and ask questions about internet, television, cell phone, home security and landline services, in addition to paying bills and returning, swapping or upgrading items.
Comcast sets sights on central Pa.: 5 new Xfinity stores planned for the region
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
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Last year, Comcast ended an era in the midstate. It closed its last service center location.
Comcast’s former service centers were for customers to pay bills and return items. They were typically attached to the company’s technical support centers. Many were located on back streets or in business parks, and options beyond paying a bill or returning a device were limited.
But then in December 2014, Comcast opened its first Xfinity Store in the midstate in Springettsbury Township, York County. A month later it opened a store in the Lancaster area. Three months later there was another store that opened in Spring Township, Berks County. In January 2017, Xfinity opened a store at the Colonial Commons shopping center on Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township. In March 2019, Comcast opened a store in Chambersburg, Franklin County.