Want to say goodbye to Sears at Paramus Park? Saturday is store's last day

The Sears department store at Paramus Park, an anchor at the mall since it opened in 1974, will have its last day of business on Saturday.

The 169,000 square foot store is mostly empty at this point, but there still are some racks of clothing in corners of the building.

Paramus Park confirmed that Saturday would be the store's final day.

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Sears plans to use a smaller, freestanding building at the mall for a scaled down version of its old self, where it will sell appliances.

The mall is reclaiming the Sears space to bring in a Stew Leonard's supermarket and a movie theater. The mall has an application pending before the Paramus board of adjustment.

Construction to prepare for those changes is expected to begin in the spring.

In addition to clearing out its remaining merchandise, Sears has been selling the fixtures and mannequins in the store.