CHARLESTON - The wait is over — West Ashley’s second Dollar Tree is set to open.

The discount retailer said it’ll welcome customers Oct. 24 starting at 9 a.m. the Food Lion-anchored Ashley Crossing shopping center off Paul Cantrell Boulevard, according to a handwritten sign posted at the door.

It’s the chain’s second location in West Ashley.

In February, Dollar Tree opened on Orleans Road, across from Citadel Mall. That store served as a replacement for a previous location on nearby Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in the Publix-anchored Ashley Landing, which is undergoing a major redevelopment.

Dollar Tree operates more than 9,000 stores throughout the U.S. and Canada, including 195 in South Carolina .

Other tenants at Ashley Crossing include Kohl’s, Marshall’s, Bank of America,

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