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SIOUX CITY | The Panera Bread along Hamilton Boulevard will close March 22.

Since 2004, the bakery cafe had anchored the Hamilton Center, the two-tiered strip mall at the intersection of Hamilton and West 19th St.

Employees at the Hamilton location will be offered opportunities to transfer to the Panera store at Lakeport Commons, Amanda Cardosi, a spokeswoman for the national chain said Wednesday. The Lakeport location at 5120 Sergeant Road opened in 2013.

Cardosi declined to say why the Hamilton bakery cafe is closing.

The Hamilton Panera, which occupies 15,000 square feet, was one of the first tenants in Hamilton Center.

As of 2015, Panera has a total 1,972 bakery-cafes in 46 states and Canada.

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