The exterior of the CityTarget in the Fenway in June, just before the store’s official opening.

Target Corp. plans to open two new stores in the Boston area over the next two years.

The first, at 860 Commonwealth Ave. in Brookline — that’s the current site of East Coast Alpine, a snow sports and bike store near Boston University — will open in July. Another in Cambridge’s Central Square, at 564 Massachusetts Ave. at the corner of Pearl Street, is planned for 2017. That’s the current site of a Cort furniture rental center.

Cort and East Coast Alpine could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Target, meanwhile, said it intends to scrap the “City” from the name of its recently opened “CityTarget” store in the Fenway.

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Target opened 14 CityTarget and TargetExpress stores in the United States over the last three years. The stores are typically smaller than a traditional Target (though the Fenway store is in fact larger) and are located in urban areas and designed to cater to city dwellers. The Fenway store was the first on the East Coast when it opened in July.

Last month, the retailer said will continue to open stores of various sizes, but only under the standard Target name. The company intends to begin rebranding CityTarget and TargetExpress as Target in October.

A spokeswoman said the change is “not tied to performance.”

“It is all about ease and simplicity for our guests,” said Angie Thompson, adding that the singular brand reflects Target’s committment to offer the same quality of service, regardless of the size of the store.

Taryn Luna can be reached at taryn.luna@globe.com . Follow her on Twitter @TarynLuna