Sears Closing Wayne Willowbrook Mall Store

WAYNE, NJ — The Sears store at the Willowbrook Mall will close in September.

Sears Holdings' go-forward company, Transform Holdco LLC, was unable to reach an agreement with the mall and decided not to acquire the store's current lease, a Sears spokesperson said.

The store will close in mid-September. The number of employees affected was not available. A liquidation sale began at the store Saturday, the spokesperson said.

Sears has been an anchor store at Willowbrook for decades. Part of the store was renovated and a Dave & Buster's took over that space in February 2018.

Sears struggled in recent years and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October. After the Wayne location closes, there will be eight Sears locations in New Jersey.

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