Sears Closing 3 Washington Stores This Spring

SHORELINE, WA - Three Western Washington Sears stores will close this spring, according to the company. The Sears in Shoreline, an anchor in one of the city's largest shopping centers, is one of stores that will close.

The Washington closures are among the 100 Sears and K-Mart stores the company will close in 2018. In January 2017, Sears announced that a Sears store in Lynnwood and a K-Mart in Tacoma would close.

Employees at affected stores were notified Thursday about the closings, which include 39 Sears outlets and 64 Kmart stores, the financially struggling retailer said in a statement.

This newest round of closings will begin as early as March and extend into April, Sears said. Liquidation sales for some of the soon-to-be-shuttered stores will begin as early as Jan. 12, the company added.:

Here are the local Sears closures:

• 15711 Aurora Avenue N Shoreline - Early April
• 1701 S Commons Street Federal Way - Early April
• 121 NE Hampe Way, Chehalis - Early April

Patch reporter Joe Vince contributed to this story

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