August 31, 2012

Open for Business: Storrs Center

Storrs Center is open!  Storrs Automotive, Select Physical Therapy, Travel Planners, Skora’s Barber Styling Shop, Body Language, and Subway have all opened in their new locations.  Residents of the first 127 apartments of The Oaks on the Square have moved in and are enjoying their new homes.

Subway is now open in 1 Dog Lane.

Additional businesses are hard at work preparing their spaces.  Froyoworld, Bank of America, Insomnia Cookies, Sweet Emotions Candy Shop, and Husky Pizza are expected to open in the coming weeks.

Froyoworld will open soon in 1 Dog Lane.

Dog Lane Cafe is expected to open in 1 Dog Lane later this fall.

And, later this fall, residents and visitors can expect to see Dog Lane Café, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mooyah Burgers and Fries, 7-Eleven, and Geno’s Grille open their doors.  All in all, this first phase of Storrs Center will have almost 30,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space.


Phase 1A = 1 Dog Lane, 9 Dog Lane, 11 Dog Lane, and the parking garage
Phase 1B = 1 Royce Circle
The next phase, scheduled to open in August 2013, is already under construction across Dog Lane.  This phase consists of one building, One Royce Circle, which will include more apartments for The Oaks on the Square, a 15,000 square foot branch of the UConn Co-op, and 18,000 square feet of medical offices for the UConn Health Center.  Additional retail space is available.

One Royce Circle is under construction and expected to open in August 2013.