There was just a post on Retail of Today and Yesterday, which attached a post from the Facebook page of Westwood, NJ, and it says the Kmart there is now closing. The Westwood, NJ, Facebook page included a picture of the entrance with store closing signs in the windows. I don't see Westwood listed on SB360, but it certainly looks like the store is now liquidating.
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Few tidbits about this location. It is in Bergen County so it was subject to the rule disallowing it to be open on SUNDAYS. It is the last Kmart in Bergen County, but at 1 Time they had several, CLOSTER, WESTWOOD, ELMWOOD PARK, LODI, & PARAMUS. Now they will soon have zero in that county (and in the whole state, for that matter).
It is in the famous 201 area code, which was the original area code for all of NJ at one Time. Now, I believe that area code is only for Bergen and Hudson Counties. Speaking of Hudson County, that is where Jersey City Sears is, so that's the last store located in 201 area code. Incidentally, those blue laws only apply to Bergen County, not Hudson, so Jersey City Sears IS open on SUNDAYS.
This store has been available for lease, for some Time now, so it's not a surprise that it was closing. The intention was to close this, for several Years now, so I'm assuming they got someone else to lease it out.
Look up "I love Westwood" Facebook page. (It goes under I ❤️ Westwood) There are pictures of store closing signs at the Westwood Kmart. Very sad. End of an era.
It is closing:
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/westwood/2023/08/02/kmart-in-westwood-to-close-last-one-in-new-jersey/70517276007/
I don't see anything on Westwood's FB page showing any closing signs. There's nothing on Retail Today and Yesterday's page either.