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In total, four Kmart stores in mid-Michigan are expected to close by the end of the year.
Larry Costello, director of public relations for Sears and Kmart, told MLive-The Flint Journal: "After careful consideration, we made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart stores in Belleville, Hastings, Menominee, Midland, Clio, Grayling, Oscoda and Marine City, Michigan. "
Clearance sales are expected to begin in mid-September and a store closure plan is expected to be in place by mid-December, he added.
When the canton of Vienna is closed, there will be no more Kmart stores in Genesee County.
Costello declined to comment on the number of employees who will be affected by the closures.
This announcement marks the closure of the last Kmart stores in the area – including Burton, Flint, Grand Blanc, Fenton and Flint Township – since 2012.
Kmart store closures in Genesee County will reach more than 160 employees
The Kmart locations at 1145 N. Belsay Road in Burton and 3083 Miller Road in Flint Township will be closed by early December, company spokesman Howard Reifs said in an e-mail. The Burton store employs 85 residents, while 81 work at the Flint Township site.
Some of the closed stores have been put back into service.
Two companies – Family Farm & Home, KFC Restaurant and Dollar Tree – now occupy portions of the 106,000 square foot Burton Kmart store and the adjacent parking lot along North Belsay Road.
A U-Haul facility was approved in August 2018 at the former Kmart store located near Miller Road in Flint Township.
In Fenton, a TJ Maxx recently moved from Eastridge Commons Place near the intersection of Lapeer and Center roads to Flint to the former Kmart store located in Silver Lake Village off Silver Parkway, which closed in 2016
Andrew Mastrangelo, Media Relations Manager for T.J. Maxx, previously declared the new Fenton T.J. The Maxx store will employ approximately 65 full-time and part-time associates.
Flint T.J's 35 employees Maxx stores – including directors and associates – were all offered the opportunity to work in the Fenton store, said Mastrangelo.
Petco, Five Below and Michaels occupy the retail space in Fenton, redeveloped by K2 Retail Construction Services, based in Wixom.
T.J. Closure of the Maxx store in Flint and opening of a new store in Fenton
The 35 employees at the Flint site – including managers and associates – have all been offered the opportunity to work in the Fenton store, Mastrangelo said.
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