
In Florida, eight other Kmarts and one Sears also are on the chopping block, but no others on the Treasure Coast. Store employees were informed a week ago, but Sears Holdings did not confirm the closing of the Fort Pierce Kmart until Wednesday, when it also announced 78 more Kmarts and 26 Sears stores would close. 1 and Virginia Avenue, which opened in 1976, expired at the end of 2016 and was not renewed.

The lease for the 88,732-square-foot store in the Gateway Plaza at U.S. Liquidation sales will begin as early as Friday, Sears Holdings said in its Wednesday news release. FORT PIERCE - The 40-year-old Kmart store had survived previous rounds of store closings, but the onetime retail giant’s owner, Sears Holdings, has confirmed the store will close this spring.
