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Bohemia Kmart Under Construction To Become Floor & Decor Store
The shopping center on Sunrise Highway has been partly empty, but new construction has started on at least one vacant retail space.
BOHEMIA, NY— The shuttered Kmart shopping center on Sunrise Highway in Bohemia may soon see some new life. The largely vacant strip mall was anchored by Kmart and Sports Authority until last year when the stores closed as part of large contractions of those chains. Now a new warehouse store from Floor & Decor is in the works.
A representative from Islip Town confirmed to Patch that a building permit was issued in March to Floor & Decor to begin work on the closed Kmart, at 5151 Sunrise Highway.
Work on the location is already underway, but Floor & Decor declined to comment on an opening date or store details. The company, based in Georgia, sells hard-surface flooring materials. There is another Floor & Decor location in Farmingdale.
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The town of Islip hasn't yet confirmed any other official retailers for other empty spaces in the shopping center.
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