Virginia Sears Store Closing In Latest Round

RICHMOND, MD — Sears has announced yet another round of store closings, less than a month after it slated 150 stores nationwide for closure, and one in Virginia is not targeted to shutter. The once-iconic retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October, but its struggles started long ago.

According to USA Today, the latest round of closings include 29 Sears and 11 Kmarts. The paper reports that the 40 stores will close in February.

When Sears filed for bankruptcy, the retailer announced a list of 142 locations that would be closing by the end of the year.

One Virginia location is included in the latest closures, according to USA Today. The store closing in February is a Sears store at 10101 Brook Road in Glen Allen / Richmond.

Stores will close near the end of the year, the company said in a statement, noting that liquidation sales were expected to begin shortly. Businesses will remain open for the holiday shopping season, officials said.

There was one Sears store in Virginia on the an August list of closures, and that was the location at 12000 Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax.

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These are the 12 Sears stores that will remain in Virginia in 2019 (this does not include appliance outlets, HomeTown stores or auto centers):

• Alexandria, 5901 Duke Street
• Charlottesville, 1531 Rio Road E.
• Chesapeake, Greenbriar Mall, 1401 Greenbrier Parkway
• Dulles, 21000 Dulles Town Circle
• Falls Church, 6211 Leesburg Pike
• Fredericksburg, 100 Spotsylvania Mall
• Manassas, 8200 Sudley Road
• Newport News, 100 Newmarket Fair Mall
• Richmond, Chesterfield Towne Center, 11500 Midlothian Turnpike
• Roanoke, 4812 Valley View Boulevard NE
• Virginia Beach, 4588 Virginia Beach Boulevard
• Winchester, 1850 Apple Blossom Drive

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