Washington Business Journal reported today that three new retail stores have signed deals with the Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center shopping center. 

According to the article, the area's first Carhartt, an Ann Taylor Loft and Brighton Collectibles stores will join the new development.

The news comes in the same week as the announcement by Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi that a Starbucks and Potbelly Sandwich Shop would also be joining the shopping center.  

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The second half of Potomac Town Center is slated to open in October 2012. 

Construction has begun on that second half of the shopping hub. A 500-unit apartment building is proposed for behind the Wegmans grocery store. 

Here's the list of businesses that have signed on to join the center: 

• Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill
• Golfsmith
• Old Navy
• P.F. Chang's
• Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
• DSW Shoes
• Coldwater Creek
• Chico’s
• White House Black Market
• REI
• Sport & Health
• Travinia Italian Kitchen  
• Charming Charlie
• Starbucks
• Potbelly Sandwich Shop