(NEXSTAR) — It has been 5 months since Large Tons introduced it was preparing to close all of its stores, after closing hundreds of others following its bankruptcy filing. Since then, more than 100 Big Lots stores have reopened underneath new administration.
Subsequent month, almost 80 extra Large Tons shops will open, Selection Wholesalers confirmed to Nexstar on Monday. (The corporate acquired a whole lot of Large Tons shops, that are retaining their authentic branding as part of a deal reached by Gordon Brothers Retail Companions.)
This comes after nine stores reopened in April, and two reopening waves in May, totaling dozens of shops every. The fourth wave of retailer reopenings, scheduled for Thursday, June 4, will increase Large Tons’ footprint in 9 states:
Florida
- Brandon: 843 West Bloomingdale Avenue
- Fort Myers: 4901 Palm Seashore Boulevard Unit 27B
- Milton: 6247 Freeway 90
- North Fort Myers: 13970 N. Cleveland Avenue
- Ruskin: 3048 State Highway 674
- Spring Hill: 2384 Industrial Means
- St. Cloud: 3401 thirteenth Avenue, #100
Georgia
- Covington: 3111 Freeway 278 NW
- LaGrange: 127 Commerce Avenue
- Statesboro: Freeway 80 & Lester Avenue
Kentucky
- Bowling Inexperienced: 3000 Scottsville Highway
North Carolina
- Aberdeen: 1377 Sandhills Boulevard North
- Albermarle: 7201-C 24/27/Bypass E
- Harmony: 280 Harmony Parkway N
- Franklin: 273 Franklin Park
- Fuquay-Varina: 630 Lakestone Commons Avenue
- Excessive Level: 1677 Westchester Drive
- Excessive Level: 2531 Eastchester Drive
- Jacksonville: 1110 Western Boulevard
- Kannapolis: 950 S. Cannon Boulevard, Suite A
- Laurinburg: 1664 S Most important St
- Lumberton: 2750c North Roberts Avenue
- Morehead Metropolis: 2900 Arendell Avenue, Suite 19
- Morganton: 1251 Burkemont Avenue
- Murphy: 1450 Andrews Highway
- New Bern: 520 Berne Sq. Buying Heart
- Salisbury: 711 East Innes Avenue
- Sanford: 2950 South Horner Boulevard
- Shallotte: 4600 Most important Avenue
- Spindale: 2016 Hwy 74A
- Waynesville: 1176 Russ Avenue
- Weaverville: 130 Weaver Boulevard
- Wilmington: 6832 Market Avenue
Ohio
- Akron: 1890 West Market Avenue
- Akron: 426 East Waterloo Highway
- Barberton: 241 W Wooster Rd
- Canton: 1336 Whipple Avenue, NW
- Cincinnati: 3640 Werk Highway
- Cuyahoga Falls: 405 Howe Avenue
- Gallipolis: 400 Silver Bridge Plaza
- Garfield Heights: 12588 Rockside Highway
- Harrison: 10560 Harrison Avenue
- Marietta: 110 South seventh Avenue
- Mentor: 8489 Market Avenue
- South Level: 367 County Highway 406, Suite B
- Wheelersburg: 9025 Ohio River Highway
Pennsylvania
- East Rochester: 750 Ohio River Boulevard
- Ephrata: 389 N. Studying Highway
- Fairless Hills: 500 Lincoln Freeway (Route 1)
- Greensburg: 6041 State Route 30 Suite 20
- Hanover: 1150 Carlisle Avenue
- Indiana: 2444 Philadelphia Avenue
- Johnstown: Scalp Avenue & Route 219
- Pittsburgh: 4717 McKnight Highway
- Pittsburgh: 11628 Penn Hills Drive
- Washington: 254 Oak Springs Highway
- York: 2140 White Avenue
South Carolina
- Beaufort: 328 Robert Smalls Parkway
- Columbia: 9221 Two Notch Highway
- Columbia: 6169 St. Andrews Highway
- Conway: 1641 Church Avenue
- Goose Creek: 431 St. James Avenue, Unit B
- Lancaster: 1206 Freeway 9 Bypass
- Moncks Nook: 1013 Previous Freeway 52
- Myrtle Seashore: 1370 South Kings Freeway
- North Myrtle Seashore: 710 Freeway 17 South, Suite B
- Summerville: 10150 Dorchester Highway
Tennessee
- Chattanooga: 3901 Hixson Pike Suite 157
- Columbia: 1301 S James Campbell Boulevard
- Cookeville: 633 S Jefferson Avenue
- Kingsport: 1913 Sherwood Highway
- Rockwood: 1496 N. Gateway Avenue
Virginia
- Chesapeake: 1971 Army Freeway South
- Hampton: 2318 West Mercury Boulevard
- Norfolk: 1851 E. Little Creek Highway
- Richlands: 180 Kents Ridge Highway
- Vinton: 1090 Bypass Highway
- Williamsburg: 6610 Mooretown Highway
Extra particulars about these shops, together with working hours, might be discovered on the Big Lots website after they reopen on June 5. Selection Wholesalers mentioned grand opening celebrations for these shops are deliberate for the autumn.
With this fourth wave of shops, the Large Tons footprint will attain 220 shops, only a small portion of the more than 1,300 locations that had been open round this time final 12 months.
Large Tons started in 1967, but it surely wasn’t till 2001 that every one of its shops operated underneath that title. Hypothesis that the retailer may file for chapter started effervescent up final summer time after it warned in a U.S. Securities & Change Fee (SEC) filing that between 35 and 40 locations could shutter. Weeks later, that estimation jumped to more than 300.
Firm leaders had pointed to inflation and difficulties in competing. Then, in September, Large Tons filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Within the months to observe, a whole lot of shops would shutter. A final-minute sale in January, nonetheless, has allowed hundreds of stores to remain open.
The sale settlement, reached with Gordon Brothers Retail Companions, stipulated that Selection Wholesalers would purchase between 200 and 400 former Large Tons shops and reopen them, sustaining the branding. It is unclear whether or not any further retailer openings are on the horizon.
A number of former Large Tons storefronts that aren’t reopening have discovered a brand new life. Different retailers, like Ocean State Job Lot and Ollie’s Bargain Market, have introduced plans to take over these areas. In the meantime, in Denver, a pickleball facility intends to open in a former Large Tons earlier than the top of the 12 months.
