Sears to close South Hills Village, Mall at Robinson locations
Sears announced May 31 it is closing 48 stores nationwide, including its locations at South Hills Village Mall and the Mall at Robinson.
Those stores are the only two that will close in Pennsylvania, meaning the location at Washington Crown Center Mall in North Franklin will remain open.
The South Hills store, which straddles Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park, is set to close in late June, while the Robinson location will be vacated by September. The company also said it will close Kmart stores, including one in Latrobe.
The company said eligible workers at the stores will receive a severance and an opportunity to work at other stores if there are open positions. The company said the closures are a result of it trying to identify some of the least profitable stores in its network.
In January, the company announced the closure of 39 Sears stores and 64 Kmart locations, including the store at 1025 Washington Pike in Collier Township, which was a longtime anchor tenant in Chartiers Valley Shopping Center.