Troubled Sears offering to sell Gulf Coast stores

In the wake of its October bankruptcy filing and in a bid to avoid liquidation, Sears Holdings Corp. is planning to sell or auction eight of the few remaining Sears and Kmart stores along the Gulf Coast.

The troubled retailer says in documents filed in New York in conjunction with its bankruptcy case that it’s offering to sell Sears stores in the Brandon Town Center; in Fort Myers; Coral Gables; the Westshore Plaza in Tampa; and the Port Charlotte Town Center, in Charlotte County.