Payless Closing 25 Stores In Houston Area

The process continues for Payless Shoesource, and the second round of store closings has begun. In Houston, 25 stores will be shuttered as part of a plan the company devised as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in April.

In all, if approved, about 800 stores across the nation will close, including 115 in Texas. Here are the Houston-area stores that will be affected:

• 2219 Fulton Street, Houston, Texas
• 9405 Jensen Drive, Houston, Texas
• 9417 Mesa, Houston, Texas
• 10100 Beechnut Drive, Suite 130, Houston, Texas
• 11003 1/2 Market Street Road, Houston, Texas
• Antoine Town Center, 12430 Tomball Parkway, Houston, Texas
• The Crossing At Fort Bend, Houston, Texas
• El Dorado Marketplace, Friendswood, Texas
• Fiesta Shopping Center, Houston, Texas
• Harrisburg-Wayside SC, 6828 Harrisburg Boulevard, Houston, Texas
• Hearthstone Corners, Houston, Texas
• Market Square at Eldridge Parkway, 2930 Eldridge Parkway, Houston, Texas
• Northwest Market Place, 13754 Northwest Freeway, Houston, Texas
• Pearland Parkway Village, Houston, Texas
• Shops at Royal Oaks, 2600 S. Kirkwood Drive, Houston, Texas
• Telephone Road Shopping Center, Houston, Texas
• Willowbrook Mall, 7925 FM 1960 RD West, Houston, Texas
• Deerbrook Mall, 20131 Highway 59 North, Humble, Texas
• Katy Shopping Center, 2001 Katy Mills Boulevard, Suite Q, Katy, Texas
• Fairway Centre, 5765 Fairmont Pkwy., Pasadena, Texas
• The Center at Pearland Parkway, 2650 Pearland Parkway, Suite 120, Pearland, Texas
• 4605 Avenue H, Rosenberg, Texas
• Spencer Shopping Center, South Houston, Texas
• First Colony Mall, 16535 SW Freeway, Sugar Land, Texas
• The Woodlands Mall, 1201 Lake Woodlands Drive, The Woodlands, Texas

"We intend to use the Chapter 11 process to implement a comprehensive path forward to meaningfully enhance our growth profile and profitability, positioning us to continue to thrive as a sustainable business in the face of the retail industry’s radical, unprecedented transformation," Payless said in a statement.

As reported by USA Today, the company has asked a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to close the additional stores. It had originally announced in April that it would shutter 378 locations in the U.S.

Click here for a list of all Payless stores slated for closure.

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