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It's Official: Trader Joe's Signs Lease for Swann Avenue Location

The store's officials filed paperwork earlier this year to open on Swann Avenue where Shapes is located.

A few months after filing paperwork with the City of Tampa to open a South Tampa store, Trader Joe's has officially announced its arrival.

Officials from the specialty grocery store chain signed their lease, and are scheduled to go before the city's variance review board today to increase the size of signs near the store, which will be located where Shapes is at 3808 W. Swann Avenue, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

How specific sites are chosen for Trader Joe's stores is something company officials won't discuss, according to a customer relations specialist.

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