"Here Are The 180 Toys 'R' Us Stores That Are Closing
As expected when it filed for bankruptcy protection last summer, struggling toy retailer Toys ‘R’ Us is closing an enormous number of stores, 180 stores to be specific or nearly 20% of its fleet, as it tries to get back to being a viable chain.
Toys ‘R’ Us on Monday night asked federal bankruptcy court in Richmond, Virginia for permission to close those stores, saying it has “faced a challenging commercial environment” made worse, it claimed, by consumer preferences to online stores from brick and mortar stores.
The company had been weighed down by enormous debt levels – $5 billion pre-bankruptcy, and years of weak sales as business did indeed defect to Amazon.com (amzn, -0.38%), but also to major chains like Target (tgt, -1.56%) and Walmart (wmt, -0.08%), which have proven far more adept at withstanding competition from Amazon but also made their toy offerings far more enticing... " "These are the Toys ‘R’ Us stores set to close, pending court approval:
Alabama
2600 McFarland Blvd. East, Tuscaloosa AL
335 Summit Blvd., Birmingham AL
Arizona
801 W. 32nd Street, Yuma AZ
12801 North Tatum Blvd., Paradise Valley AZ
9139 Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale AZ
4619 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson AZ
7000 E. Mayo Blvd., Scottsdale AZ
US 60 and Signal Butte Rd., Mesa AZ
Arkansas
2616 S. Shackleford Rd., Little Rock AR
California
42500 Jackson St., Indio CA
1189 Simi Town Ctr. Way, Simi Valley CA
26573 Carl Boyer Dr., Santa Clarita CA
960 Lakes Dr., Covina CA
1600 S. Azusa Ave., Puente Hills CA
2575 E. Imperial Highway, Brea CA
530 Westminster Mall, Westminster CA
20120 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance CA
2550 Canyon Springs Pkwy S., Riverside CA
700 “A” Onstott Rd., Yuba City CA
2785 E. Bidwell St., Folsom CA
1330 Fitzgerald, Pinole CA
4505 Century Blvd., Pittsburg CA
600 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael CA
5461 Lone Tree Way, Brentwood CA
1400 Gateway Blvd., Fairfield CA
3938 Horton, Emeryville CA
2179 Monterey Hwy., E. San Jose CA
865 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose / Almade CA
3520 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno CA
31250 Court House Dr., Union City CA
10640 Trinity Pkwy., Stockton CA
3900 Bristol Street, Santa Ana CA
3665 Grand Oaks, Corona CA
1240 W. Morena Blvd., Mission Bay CA
8181 Mira Mesa Blvd., Mira Mesa CA
1990 University Drive, Vista CA
Colorado
1150 S. Ironton, Aurora CO
Connecticut
376 North Universal Drive, North Haven CT
275 Union St., Waterbury CT
3491 Berlin Turnpike, Newington CT
169 Hale Road, Manchester CT
Delaware
1061 N. Dupont Highway, Dover DE
Florida
1625 Apalachee Pkwy., Tallahassee FL
1900 Tyrone Blvd., St. Petersburg FL
3908 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa FL
6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Orange Park FL
Spring 708 West State Rd. 436, Altamonte FL
21697 State Road #7, Boca Raton FL
10732 SW Village Pkwy., Port St. Lucie FL
450 South SR 7, Royal Palm Beach FL
2601 W.Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee FL
6001 West Sample Road, Coral Springs FL
3214 N John Young Pkwy., Kissimmee FL
Georgia
2601 Dawson Rd., Albany GA
2955 Cobb Parkway, Smyrna GA
6380 No. Point Parkway, Alpharetta GA
1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy., Dunwoody GA
6875 Douglas Boulevard, Douglasville GA
8160 Mall Parkway, Conyers GA
221 Newnan Crossing Bypass, Newnan GA
132 Pavilion Parkway, Fayetteville GA
Indiana
3928 E 82nd Street, Indianapolis IN
8800 US 31 South, Greenwood IN
Iowa
1211 E. Army Post Rd., S. Des Moines IA
8801 University Ave., Des Moines IA
Illinois
1610 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park IL
16 East Golf Rd., Schaumburg IL
295 Center Drive, Vernon Hills IL
5001 Lincoln Highway, Matteson IL
6420 W. Fullerton, Bricktown IL
7750 South Cicero Avenue, Burbank IL
5660 Touhy Avenue, Niles IL
Kansas
4646 W. Kellogg, Wichita KS
8500 W 135th Street, Overland Park KS
Kentucky
4900 Shelbyville Rd., St. Mathews KY
1155 Buck Creek Rd., Simpsonville KY
1965 Star Shoot Parkway, Lexington KY
Louisiana
137 Northshore Blvd., Slidell LA
Maine
6 Bangor Mall Blvd., Bangor ME
200 Running Hill Road, Portland ME
Maryland
8401 Mike Shapiro Drive, Clinton MD
Massachusetts
302 Providence, Dedham MA
70 Worcester Providence Tpk/Rt. 146, Millbury MA
50 Holyoke Street, Holyoke MA 217 Hartford Ave., Bellingham MA
6110 Shops Way, Northborough MA
Shoppers World Plaza, 1 Worcester Road, Framingham MA
Michigan
5363 Harvey Street, Muskegon MI
2620 Crossing Circle, Traverse City MI
5900 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing MI
4923 28th Street South East, Grand Rapids MI
3725 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor MI
3725 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor MI
Minnesota
14100 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka MN
170 89th Ave., Blaine MN
8236 Tamarack Village, Woodbury MN
900 West 78th Street South, Richfield MN
Mississippi
1003 Bonita Lakes Circle, Meridian MS
200 Bass Pro Dr., Pearl MS
Missouri
1901 Bernadette, Columbia MO
201 Silver Springs Rd., Cape Girardeau MO
5590 St. Louis Mills Blvd., Bridgeton MO
220 THF Blvd., Chesterfield MO
Nebraska
3505 S. 140th Plaza, Omaha NE
Nevada
2150 North Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas NV
7020 Arroyo Crossing Parkway, Spring Valley NV
New Mexico
45 Hotel Circle, Albuquerque NM
North Carolina
801 Fairview Road, Asheville NC
7001 Fayetteville Road, Durham NC
3300 Westgate Drive, Durham NC
New Hampshire
29 Gusabel Avenue, Nashua NH
New Jersey
1280 Rt. 22 & St. James Ave., Phillipsburg NJ
137 Route 35, Eatontown NJ
100 Promenade Blvd., Bridgewater NJ
2700 Route 22 East., Union NJ
909 US Hwy 1 South., North Brunswick NJ
Rt. 541 & Cadillac Road, Burlington NJ
2135 Route 38, Cherry Hill NJ
7 Wayne Hills Mall, Wayne NJ
545 Route 17 South, Paramus NJ
98 Route 10 West., East Hanover NJ
Kids World 900 Center Drive, Elizabeth NJ
50 International Drive South, Mt. Olive NJ New York
139-19 20th Ave., College Point NY 24-30 Union Square E, Union Square NY 5181 Sunrise Hwy., Sayville NY 5214 Sunrise Hwy., Massapequa NY 2335 Marketplace Drive, Henrietta NY 1569 Niagara Falls Blvd., Buffalo NY 401 Frank Sottile Boulevard, Kingston NY 708 Upper Glen St., Glens Falls NY 221 Wade Road Extension, Latham NY 2700 Central Park Ave., Yonkers NY 66 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village NY 1350 Corporate Drive, Westbury NY 108 Veterans Memorial Highway, Commack NY 461 Lycoming Mall Cir, Williamsport NY 1530 Ridge Rd. West, Greece NY
Ohio
6251 Glenway Ave., Western Hills OH 2661 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd., Dayton OH 7841 Mentor Ave., Mentor OH 3610 West Dublin-Granville Rd., Dublin OH
Oklahoma
1119 SE 66th St., Oklahoma City OK 5609-E Rogers Ave., Fort Smith OK 560 Ed Noble Pkwy., Norman OK
Pennsylvania
100 Welsh Road, Horsham PA 6680 Peach St., Erie PA 3700 William Penn Highway, Monroeville PA 104 Bartlett Ave., Exton PA 2003 Cheryl Dr., Ross Park Mall PA 301 Oakspring Road, Washington PA 18/Valley View Dr., Beaver Valley Route PA
Rhode Island
300 Quaker Lane, Warwick RI
South Carolina
254 Harbison Boulevard, Columbia SC
South Dakota
450 E. Disk Drive, Rapid City SD
Tennessee
7676 Polo Ground Blvd., Memphis TN 5731 Nolensville Rd., Nashville TN
Texas
801 Mesa Hills Dr., West El Paso TX 9730 Katy Freeway, Houston TX 170 E. Stacy Road, Allen TX 7730 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving TX 420 E. Round Grove Rd., Lewisville TX 13710 Dallas Parkway, Dallas Galleria TX 1309 W. Pipeline Rd., Hurst TX 5800 Overton Ridge Blvd., Hulen TX
Utah
4042 Riverdale Rd., Ogden UT 1122 Fort Union Boulevard, Midvale UT
Virginia
14173 Crossing Place, Potomac Mills VA 12153 Jefferson Ave., Newport News VA
Washington
3567 N.W. Randall Way, Silverdale WA 1325A S.E. Everett Mall Parkway, Everett WA 6104 N. Division Street, Spokane WA
Wisconsin
18550 W. Bluemound Rd., Brookfield WI 2161 Zeier Road, Madison WI "
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