JDR: Soccer group considers Regency Square Mall for new stadium; Costco proposes adding gas station at Town Center
The ownership group working to bring professional soccer to Jacksonville is considering the closed Sears site at the Regency Square Mall for development of a new stadium facility, according to News4JAX news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Oil drilling in Gulf safer, but concerns linger, report says
A new National Academy of Science study says that 13 years after a massive BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist.
Florida relocating leftover COVID-19 shots to long-term care facilities
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ State health officials in Florida say if coronavirus vaccine doses at state vaccination clinics are set to expire and have gone unused, the state will immediately relocate the doses. The Florida Division of Emergency Management press secretary gave the example of doses hours away from spoiling being delivered to long-term care facilities or to another site in the area. Medical workers at the state vaccination clinic at Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville asked bystanders in the parking lot on Jan. 21 if they wanted to be vaccinated. AdFlorida Department of Health in Duval County officials could only speak for the Prime Osborn vaccination site, which is only administering second doses of the Modernaโs COVID-19 vaccine. UF Health epidemiologist Chad Neilsen says planning for unused doses on the brink of expiration is a dilemma medical institutions across the country are facing.
Thawed COVID-19 vaccine is perishable. What to do with leftover shots?
But they still had unused COVID-19 shots left over. Once at a certain temperature for a certain amount of time, Neilsen said the vaccine spoils and falls apart internally. โWe do have sort of a waiting list. If people you know, miss an appointment, for some reason, we can pull from a waiting list and pull other people in,โ Neilsen said. He says there has to be a common-sense solution instead of throwing away leftover doses of the vaccine.
Sears at Orange Park Mall will close doors after 45 years
ORANGE PARK, Fla. โ In the latest hit to Americaโs once-booming malls, the last Sears department store in the Jacksonville area is closing. After nearly half a century in business, the Sears department store at the Orange Park Mall is closing. The Orange Park store was not originally included when Searsโ parent company announced another round of closures in November. News4Jax reached out to the storeโs parent company Monday, and we have yet to hear back. The Orange Park Mall released a statement about the closing of Sears
Sears owner secures $250 million in new capital
Customers shop at Chicago's last remaining Sears store on May 3, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Sears owner Transformco announced Thursday it has obtained $250 million in new capital, money intended to help fuel the company's turnaround after it obtained essentially all of Sears Holding Company's assets during its bankruptcy proceedings earlier this year. But still, the company says it will be forced to shutter another 96 Sears and Kmart stores in 30 states by February 2020, continuing a trend that's been accelerating for months. "We will continue to evaluate our Sears and Kmart footprint, consistent with our overall retail and service strategy," Transformco said in a statement Thursday. Earlier this year, the company had closed or said it would close around 90 Sears and Kmart stores.
Sears plans to shutter its location at The Avenues mall
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The parent company of Sears expects to shutter the department store's location at The Avenues mall this winter, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. A company spokesperson told the Daily Record that the store plans to begin liquidating its inventory this month with the closure anticipated to happen midway through December. "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Sears store in Jacksonville, Florida," spokesperson Larry Costello said in a statement. News of the closure comes a month after parent company Transform Holdco signaled that it would close 21 Sears locations in October. Jacksonville Daily Record
Sears and Kmart closing 26 more stores
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - More than two dozen Sears and Kmart stores are closing, as the company continues to struggle after emerging from bankruptcy. The parent company of Sears and Kmart, called Transform Co., said Wednesday that it has "faced a number of challenges returning our stores to sustainable levels of productivity. It plans to close five Kmarts and 21 Sears stores across the United States and Puerto Rico. It plans to "accelerate the expansion" of its smaller-formart stores, Sears Home & Life. Following the closures, Sears and Kmart will have about 400 remaining stores.
5 chains possibly headed for bankruptcy in 2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ U.S. retailers closed an estimated 9,000 store locations in 2017. Here are five chains you may have heard of that could be headed towards bankruptcy or massive store closures in 2018. SearsWith both the Sears and Kmart chains hemorrhaging money, store closures have become a dominant theme for struggling retail giant Sears Holdings. According to the Motley Fool, more store closures won't save Sears Holdings from bankruptcy. If Motley's prediction holds true, expect another round of struggling Sears anchored malls to go belly up.