A new ABC store could be opened before the end of the year in northern Chatham County.

The North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission approved the request for a new location at its board meeting last Wednesday.

The application shows that the proposed location would be on Morning Drive and occupy two suites in a strip that is currently under construction.

There is currently an ABC Store at 50050 Governor’s Drive, but that location would be closed upon the new store opening at the proposed site.

A tentative open date has been slated for October 1, 2016 and the new location has a projected first-year sales total of $768,350, per the Chatham County ABC Board.