Free Press Staff

CVS Health confirmed Monday the company is opening a store on Church Street in downtown Burlington.

The pharmacy is to fill the space formerly occupied by City Sports, at the intersection of Church and Cherry streets.

Spokeswoman Stephanie Cunha said in an email the new store at 35 Church St. should open by mid-August.

City Sports closed in October after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The closure cost 20 employees their jobs and came just three years since the retailer first opened on the Marketplace. City Sports filled a vacancy left when the Borders bookstore folded.

When the store opens, CVS would be the second pharmacy within about a block. A Rite Aid store sits on the northwest corner of the intersection of Cherry Street and South Winooski Avenue.

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