Francesca's Closing Orland Park Crossing Store

ORLAND PARK, IL — Francesca’s Holdings Corp. is closing hundreds of stores, including its location in Orland Park Crossing. Francesca's, located at 14215 S. La Grange Road, focuses on women's clothing, dresses, tops, jewelry, shoes and accessories.

The company voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 3. Francesca’s intends to use these proceedings to implement a sale process focused on the Company’s core retail locations and digital expansion.

Francesca's previously announced plans to close 140 boutiques and plans to attempt to renegotiate a number of leases during this process, which may include closing additional boutiques. As of Dec. 3, 558 boutiques remained open for business across the country, according to Francesca's.

"Implementing this process allows Francesca’s to address our lease obligations and seek a new investor that can see Francesca’s into the future. The financing provided by Tiger will enable Francesca’s to pursue a sale process that will allow us continue to focus on our omni-channel strategies, optimize our boutique fleet, broaden our customer reach with brand extensions and drive sustainable, profitable growth," said Andrew Clarke, Chief Executive Officer of Francesca’s in a new release.

The company plans to start its structured auction targeted to commence no later than Jan. 15. Although there is no official closing date for the Orland Park location, the company said all sales are intended to be concluded by Jan. 20.

Other locations across Illinois closing include:

• Louis Joliet Mall in Joliet
• The Arboretum of South Barrington in South Barrington
• Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont
• Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora

According to the company's website, Francesca's started in 1999, opening its first boutique in Houston. Nowadays, Francesca's has stores in 48 states.

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported that the Orland Square Mall location was closing. It is the Orland Crossings location. Patch apologizes for this error.

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