City Avenue CVS Settles In Around the Clock

As CVS to build a pharmacy at Belmont Avenue and Rock Hill Road, another location at the other end of Bala Cynwyd is in its second month of business.

The opened Oct. 23, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's the second round-the-clock CVS in the township, joining the Ardmore location.

"We try to have enough 24-hr and extended hour stores in our markets to serve the needs of the community," company spokesman Michael DeAngelis said. 

There are also 24-hour locations in Wayne and Drexel Hill, which, like Ardmore, keep their pharmacies open at all hours, too. The Bala Cynwyd pharmacy operates from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

The Bala Cynwyd stores employs about 20 people and is not currently hiring, DeAngelis said.

The company's bid to put a store at Belmont Avenue and Rock Hill Road is complicated by local zoning rules prohibiting drive-through business and restricting the number of entrances and exits on the property. The prospective owners are offering to build an additional parking lot for users—the property sits at the trail's north end—in exchange for permission to cross a township easement to access Belmont Avenue.