PARIS — Plans to close as many as 370 Family Dollar locations nationwide is not expected to affect the proposed construction of a new retail store on Main Street, according to a company spokesperson. 

Bryn Winburn, a public relations manager with Family Dollar, said it was not “assumed” that store closings will affect the new store — planned for the site of the former Shaner’s Family Restaurant on Main Street — but could not confirm which retail locations were going to be closed. 

Last week, Family Dollar announced it will shutter 370 underperforming stores in an “immediate strategic action” to address disappointing second-quarter earnings. The company did not announce store locations or disclose how many jobs will be lost as a result, but also said it was lowering prices on approximately 1,000 basic items.

The company expects to tear down the Shaner’s building and replace it with an 8,320-square-foot retail store, according to plans approved by the Paris Planning Board in January. According to the proposal, construction is set to begin May 1 and last through October. 

Restaurant owner Jack Shaner announced the sale of his restaurant to Family Dollar’s real estate company in January and closed its doors for good a short time after the proposed store was approved by the Planning Board.

An auction on more than 500 items at the restaurant was attended by hundreds on April 1, and the building is now vacant.

A Family Dollar store is housed in a strip mall on Main Street near the former restaurant.

In an August 2013 presentation to the Planning Board for a different store location next to the McLaughlin Homestead and Gardens, spokesperson Mackenzie Simpson said the company wanted to move its retail locations out of rented buildings and into stand-alone retail stores.