National retailer Target to open first Vermont store in 2018

A rendering of design plans for the South Burlington Target store, expected to open in October 2018. Photo courtesy of TargetSOUTH BURLINGTON — The retailer Target will open its first Vermont store on Dorset Street in October 2018, the company announced Thursday.
The chain said in a news release that it has signed a lease at the University Mall to open a 60,000-square-foot “small format store,” a model designed to serve communities close to college campuses and in urban areas.