Michael’s Arts & Crafts will close its store at 808 Columbus Avenue at 99th Street, located within the Columbus Square apartment and retail complex.
Along with Whole Foods, TJ Maxx and Home Goods, Michael’s was one of the anchor tenants in Columbus Square from the beginning, securing his lease before the complex was completed in 2010.
Michael’s has renewed its lease for the 34,424 square meters space in 2018, but the window signs indicate that the store is on its way out and offers some liquidation discounts.
I contacted the UWS store and the company’s press department for more information, including a closing date.
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According to its website, the company operates “more than 1,250 Michaels stores in 49 states and Canada,” becoming the largest retailer of arts and crafts in North America (based on the number of stores ) “. The company reported sales of $ 5.3 billion during fiscal year 2018.
Michael’s has another location from Manhattan to Chelsea and many more in all neighborhoods.
More Upper West Side closures
There have been recent announcements that the chain of stores would close some of its other locations – including one in North Babylon, Long Island and a mall in North Carolina.
More than 1,000 store chains will close in New York in 2020, which is almost one in seven stores, according to the Center of an Urban Future report.
Some of the larger companies that closed UWS locations in 2020 include:
- Modell’s: closed all store locations, including the two UWS stores.
- Century 21: closed all 13 stores, which included a location on 66th and Broadway.
- Flying Tiger Copenhagen: closed all US stores, including its location at 424 Columbus Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets.
- Jean Louis David: closed all four locations in Manhattan, including one at 2146 Broadway, between 75th and 76th Streets.
- Unleashed By Petco: closed at 159 Columbus Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets.
- Papyrus: closed all locations, including three on UWS: 209 Columbus Avenue (69th and 70th Streets), 2157 Broadway (76th and Broadway) and their shop at Shops at Columbus Circle.
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