The Block Northway Losing Major Retailer

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - The Block Northway is about to lose a major tenant. Home decor and furniture store Kirkland's will close by the end of March, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported. The report came a day after Kirkland's announced it will close 27 stores in early 2020 with further closures possible later in the year to right-size its store base.

"These moves reflect steps to streamline the organization and further accelerate our initiatives to transform the business to a more profitable model," Kirkland's Woody Woodward said in a statement. "As we have outlined, our plan includes efforts to improve the relevancy and quality of our merchandise assortment, to operate with greater efficiency, and to lower our costof goods as we evolve to a true omni-channel model that reinforces Kirkland's value heritage."

The closure will leave Kirkland's with four southwestern Pennsylvania locations: Cranberry Mall, Robinson Town Centre, Monroeville Mall and Tanger Outlets in Washington.