Nanaimo Sears location shutting down Sep 30, 2017 11:25 AM

NANAIMO — A retail giant in Nanaimo is closing its doors.

Sears Canada announced the Nanaimo North Town Centre location will have its lease surrendered, as well as nine other Sears department stores in Canada as part of ongoing restructuring.

Staff at the Nanaimo Sears were told Friday afternoon the store would be shutting down. It’s unclear when the Nanaimo Sears, which employs about 100 workers, will close or when a planned liquidation sale will begin.

Sears has been a longtime heritiage business in Nanaimo operating for several decades.