Sears taps Avison Young to sell area stores, Ocala distribution center

Retailer plans to shutter Tampa store, lease back others

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 21, 2018
COURTESY PHOTO — Sears plans to close its Tampa store in the Westfield Citrus Park shopping center as part of a consolidation.
COURTESY PHOTO — Sears plans to close its Tampa store in the Westfield Citrus Park shopping center as part of a consolidation.
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Troubled department store chain Sears Holdings has retained commercial real estate brokerage firm Avison Young to sell its soon-to-be-shuttered Tampa store, together with the state’s largest distribution center and outlets in Port Richey and Daytona.

 

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