Coming Soon? Developers Still Hoping to Lure Trader Joe's to North Hills Area

As soon as the weather breaks, McCandless residents can expect to see work get underway next year on the final phase of McCandless Crossing. 

Phase Four of the development is on the east side of McKnight Road between Duncan Avenue and Cumberland Road.

The town of McCandless and developer, AdVenture Development, is also hoping to lure a very popular specialty grocery store.

"We'd love to have Trader Joe's, but that's not a definite, they haven't signed," said Bruce Betty, town of McCandless Land Use Administrator told North Allegheny Patch back in December.

When asked by the Pittsburgh Business Times whether McCandless Crossing was negotiating with Trader Joe’s or Fresh Market, Kevin Dougherty, principal of Adventure, said he couldn’t comment but that either would be welcome to the project.

Residents in several northern suburbs have expressed a desire for a Trader Joe's.

 on Route 19, almost overwhelmingly, readers said they’d like to see Trader Joe’s move into the spot.

When asked for ideas about the site of a former pizza shop overlooking Route 19 in the Streets of Cranberry shopping plaza, the answer was the same, it seemed everyone wanted a Trader Joe's.

Right now, the closest Trader Joe's are in Pittsburgh's East end at 6343 Penn Avenue and 1630 Washington Road in Upper St. Clair.

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