Sears Holdings to close Jacksonville Kmart, layoff 71

[thelakelander]

The Beach Blvd. Kmart is closing.  You can add it to the list of old strip centers that need to be redeveloped.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2012/09/14/sears-holdings-to-layoff-71-at.html

[BackinJax05]

Damn. That K-Mart has been there since the beginning of time - almost.

Hope Piccadilly & Jiffy Lube dont follow.

[riverside planner]

I have long wondered how that store stayed in business.  Sad to see it go, but on the other hand, this site looks to be a prime redevelopment opportunity.

[thelakelander]

^Got to agree with you.  I'm surprised its lasted this long.

[ben says]

Unfortunate about the layoffs, but jeez, that place was a dump and I never saw over 20 cars in the parking lot. No idea how they made it to 2012.

[If_I_Loved_you]

Damn. That K-Mart has been there since the beginning of time - almost.

Hope Piccadilly & Jiffy Lube dont follow.

I'm surprised Piccadilly isn't gone already? Jacksonville only has the Piccadilly's on University and Ramona Blvd left and they hang on by a thread.

[ben says]

Cannot believe Piccadilly is still in business!

[Timkin]

I feel for the people losing their jobs.  Cannot see that corner being revived any time soon.

I will agree that the Store has seen better days and am surprised it held on this long.

[Bativac]

I feel for the people losing their jobs.  Cannot see that corner being revived any time soon.

I will agree that the Store has seen better days and am surprised it held on this long.

I live not far from there and I agree - nobody is reviving anything over here anytime soon. That whole center is a pit of despair.

[Dog Walker]

Scrape it off.  Plant trees.

[BackinJax05]

Damn. That K-Mart has been there since the beginning of time - almost.

Hope Piccadilly & Jiffy Lube dont follow.

I'm surprised Piccadilly isn't gone already? Jacksonville only has the Piccadilly's on University and Ramona Blvd left and they hang on by a thread.

I always liked Morrison's better, anyway. Made me mad when Picadilly bought em out.

[BackinJax05]

Scrape it off.  Plant trees.

An excellent idea. It will never work, though, because it makes too much sense.

Maybe a for-profit diploma mill will buy and renovate the place, like Virginia College* did with the old Albertson's/Rowe's across the street. Or how Kaplan College recycled the old Sticks N Stuff/Helig Meyers farther down Beach Blvd.

*the last time I checked, Virginia College is headquartered in Alabama and has NO locations in Virginia.

[If_I_Loved_you]

Damn. That K-Mart has been there since the beginning of time - almost.

Hope Piccadilly & Jiffy Lube dont follow.

I'm surprised Piccadilly isn't gone already? Jacksonville only has the Piccadilly's on University and Ramona Blvd left and they hang on by a thread.

I always liked Morrison's better, anyway. Made me mad when Picadilly bought em out.

I believe when Morrison's was in business they had one at the old Roosevelt mall. But the Picadilly that was in the Regency Sq Mall to me was the best but it's long gone as is the one that stood alone outside Regency Sq Mall. S & S cafeteria's have left Florida all together I believe. You have to go up to Macon Ga to find a couple still open there.

[duvaldude08]

Im surpirsed any Kmart is open at the point. The one Blanding is a ghost town.

[BackinJax05]

Damn. That K-Mart has been there since the beginning of time - almost.

Hope Piccadilly & Jiffy Lube dont follow.

I'm surprised Piccadilly isn't gone already? Jacksonville only has the Piccadilly's on University and Ramona Blvd left and they hang on by a thread.

I always liked Morrison's better, anyway. Made me mad when Picadilly bought em out.

I believe when Morrison's was in business they had one at the old Roosevelt mall. But the Picadilly that was in the Regency Sq Mall to me was the best but it's long gone as is the one that stood alone outside Regency Sq Mall. S & S cafeteria's have left Florida all together I believe. You have to go up to Macon Ga to find a couple still open there.

The Morrison's near Regency was very good, too. Going WAY back, Morrison's also had locations downtown, at Gateway Mall, and Southgate Plaza.

I remember S&S, but never ate there.