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Sears is closing its last south suburban store at Chicago Ridge Mall, which opened 40 years ago. (Photo by Joe Boyle)
By Bob Bong
Once mighty Sears, the store founded in Chicago in 1892 and for years America’s retail giant, announced last week it would be closing its last south suburban store in the Chicago Ridge Mall.
The store opened in Chicago Ridge in 1981 and featured a 25-bay auto center, photo studio, optical department and even a Sears Financial Center.
The closing will leave Sears with only the Woodfield Mall location in Schaumburg in the state where it was born. The company opened its first store in Chicago in 1925.
UpdatedFri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:12 am CT
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The Sears store in Chicago Ridge Mall will close April 25, parent company Transformco announced. (Elizabeth Janney/Patch)
CHICAGO RIDGE, IL One of the last remaining full-line Sears stores in Illinois is slated to close this spring at the Chicago Ridge Mall. Only one Sears store remains, in Schaumburg. The closure marks the demise of what was once America s largest retailer for much of the 20th century.
Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar confirmed that Transformco, the parent company of Illinois-based Sears and Kmart, notified the village it is shuttering the Sears store, which anchored the north end of the mall facing 95th Street.