Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us/Kids "R" Us

[d_fife]

this toys r us is in lansing michigan on West SAginaw Highway. THIS ONE IS CLOSING!!!!!! it is 46,000 square feet.

from http://www.msu.edu/~jodoinri/Retailers.html

[d_fife]

tihs toys r us

from http://gutt.dot.no/reise with

[d_fife]

http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6298181.html says that

TRU closing 13 percent of its store base
By Brent Felgner
Playthings -- 1/9/2006 1:21:00 PM







Article continues after advertisement

 
NEW YORK ? Toys "R" Us has begun liquidating inventories leading to the closings of 85 U.S. stores, with 12 of those units being converted later to Babies "R" Us (BRU) outlets. The closings will be completed by early spring and the BRU conversions will be accomplished prior to the holiday 2006 selling period, a company spokesman said.


"We conducted a comprehensive review of our store portfolio across the United States and these closures are a result of that review," explained TRU spokesman Kathleen Waugh. "There's no singular reason why any of them are closing."


The closings will erode the toy stores' U.S. base by an additional 13 percent from the level it reported ? 674 stores ? less than three months ago in its third quarter report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Following the shutterings, the chain will operate 587 U.S.-based Toys "R" Us stores. It currently operates 230 Babies "R" Us stores, reflecting a net gain of seven BRU stores from the Q3 report.


In addition to the 85 TRU closings with 12 conversions, an additional two toy stores ? in Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans East ? were not reopened following the hurricanes that battered the region last fall. Those closings were not previously announced.


Waugh said there would be no further closings of TRU stores this year, but that there would be additional openings of Babies "R" Us stores. She said there were no major market withdrawals created by the closings. Where closings impacted smaller markets, customers would still be able to find Toys "R" Us stores "at greater distances." She declined to provide a complete list of the closures.


However, published reports from around the nation indicated that among the closures were: Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, Iowa; Albany, Ore.; Grand Junction, Littleton and Pueblo, Colo.; West Ashley and Columbia, S.C.; Dorchester, Cambridge and Medford, Mass.; Levittown, Commack and Freeport (Long Island) N.Y.; Bridgeton, Mo.; and Redding, Calif.


Among the closings and conversions to BRU stores are Holyoke, Mass. and Wichita, Kan.


Employees of the affected stores were notified last Friday and the liquidation sales began Saturday, Jan. 7.


Toys "R" Us is owned by an investment consortium consisting of affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Vornado Realty Trust and Gordon Brothers.


Gordon Brothers, which specializes in retail liquidations and consulting for distressed retailers, joined the buyout group after the March sale announcement, but prior to the July 21, 2005, closing of the sale, according to SEC documents. The $6.6 billion buyout was funded with $1.3 billion in equity from the investors and $5.3 billion in debt.

[d_fife]

this toys r us in pueblo colorado is closing and it opened in november 1994.


from http://www.chieftain.com/business/1136876661/5

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife
this toys r us in pueblo colorado is closing and it opened in november 1994.


from http://www.chieftain.com/business/1136876661/5

i saw that store back in 2000 pueblo is a verey run down city they closed teh air port  and i saw a old clsoed down sears with teh 50's logo i think i also saw a montgom,ery ward there this was back in aug 2000

[d_fife]

here is the closing toys r us in sioux city on sergeant road and it opened in 1993 and was 28,500 square feet. it with former michaels next door was a 52,000 square foot par mor

from Tim Hynds of http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/01/10/news_business/local/ca9849e6ddab5b41862570f20013233c.txt

[d_fife]

toys r us closings I got 85 of the 87, 10 out of teh 12 conversions, 75 of the 75 toys r us closings. 31 states are getting it.

Arizona
1.Phenox: one of the three stores.

California
1. redding: 46,000 square feet. HIlltop ave across MT. Shasta Mall (Opened mid 1989)
2: Brea, 735 East Birch St
3. Signal Hill: 48,000 square feet (The article said long time space) 2701 Cherry Avenue
4.Fairfield (TO be converted to BAbies r us)
5.Vallejo: (Opened 1992)
6.San Fransisco Geary st
7.Orange
8.Merced
9.SAn Diego
10. colma Opened October 1971 775 Serra Malle Blvd (COnverted to bABies r us)
11.Emmyville (COnverted to BAbies r us) 3938 Horton st

COlorado
1. Grand Junction (Opened 1993)
2. Littleton
3. Pueblo (Opend november 1994)

Florida
1. Vero Beach (Opened October 1997, 30,000 square feet)
2. Coral Springs:650 Universal DR
3. Miami/WEstchester:8621 Corwal Way
4. SArasota (CONVERTED INTO BABIES R US)
5. Tampa: 1702 N. Dale Mabry Highway

Georgia
1. Macon: (Opened 1985)

Kansas
1. Whitchata 45000 square feet kellogg st (CONVERTED TO BABIES R US) (Appears to have been built in the early-mid 1990s)


Illinios
1. Chicago: 8900 South Lafayette st
2. Arlington Heights: 45,000 square feet
3. Lansing 46,000 square feet. (This one is old school and a picture is on posted on 9/1/2006 at 21:04)
4. Bourbonnais

Indiana
1. westside: W. 38th St. (Opened 1984)

Iowa
1. Cedar RApids (Souix City) 28,500 square feet, opened 1993
2. Dubuque

Kentucky
1. OWensboro:Frederica st(Opened 1995)

Lousiana
1. New orlerans east (Not reopened because of the hurricane)

Maryland
1. Wheaton
2. LAruel: 35,800 square feet
3. Tysons corner

Masachusets
1. Cambridge (the store ws small, 35,000 square feet, opened october 1992, the store was part of an Ames/Zayre
2. Dorchester (SOuth BAy Center, opened november 1993, 46,000 square feet)
3. Medford (fellsway plaza, smaller store, opened in late 1992 in a former Child world)
4. Holyoke mall (Will be converted to BAbies r us) 36,000 square feet (opened late 1995)

michigan
1. battle creek (Beckley road) (Opened 1986) 46,000 square ffeet
2. Michigan City" franklin st (Opened september 1993)
3.Saginaw:2800 TAtabawassee (Opened OCtober 1979)

Minnessotta
1. Duluth: 30,000 square feet 925 west central entrance, opened fall 1993
2. Woodbury (CONVERTED INTO BABIES R US)

Mississippi
1. Biloxi (Opened 1989) (Not reopened because of the damage due to the hurricane)
2.Jackson:(Rt.80)

Missouri
1.  Bridgeton

new jersey
1. Parsippany: 27,000 square feet (oepend late 1996 or early 1997)

New MExico
1. Las cruces (looks to have been bult in the 1992-1993 era)
2. Santa Fe (looks to have been built in the early-mid 1990s ,seen a pictuer of it somewhere)

New  York
1. Freeport (Opened 1990) (Long Island)
2. Levittown (long Island)
3. Commerack (Long ISland)
4. Niagara Falls: 30,000 square feet. SUmmit park mall (replaced Child world in November 1992)
5. Dewitt: 45,900 square feet. (OPEned November 1993)
6. New york City: 2-3/45 Jamaica AVe
7. Staten island: 105 mill road Hylan shopping center

Ohio
1. columbus: 4340 West Broad st
2.Springdale: across Tri county mall on princeton road
3.Springfield: 43,000 square feet 1501 North Bechtle Ave (Opened November 1997) WAS SUn TV STORE THAT closed in early 1997
4.Akron: Roming road (Opened early October 1986)

ORegon
1. Albany: appears to have been built in the early-mid 1990s. the stoer is  22,535 square feet. opened november 1995

Pennsylvania
1. Bethel PArk:45,000 squrae feet Oxford drive (CONVERTED TO BABIES R US)
2.SPringfield

North  Carolina
1. Raleigh (Opened November 1988) glenwood ave
2.Charlotte:East independence blvd

South Carolina
1. West AShley: Sam Rittenberg Blvd
2. Columbia

tennessee
1. Antioch: 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway
2.Memphis: 2665 Perkins st

TExas
1. Houston: 11210 North Freeway near Greenspoint Mall.
2. Texarkana: Opened 1997, 22,000 square feet
3.Brownsville:Opened 1993, relocated 1998
4.San Antonio
5.Abilene: (Opened 1991) 45,000 square feet, a geoffery store
6.Sherman: (OPENED NOVEMBER 1994)
7. San Angelo:
8. Victoria:

Utah
1.Riverdale:46,000 square fet opened September 1990

WAshington
1.Bellingham (Opened 1993) 45,000 square feet
2.Federal way
3.Spokane Valley: North Division Road. (Opened mid 1980s) 45,000 square feet.

Wisconsin
1. MAdison: Zeier Road 45,000 square feet opened 1991 (TO BE CONVERTED TO BABIES R US)
2. Fond Du LAC

Virginia
Harrisonburg: East market st (33,500 square feet) opened 1992
HAmpton:mercury blvd

[d_fife]

toys r us in battle creek michigan is closing and among the 73 stores. it opened in 1986 and was 46,000 square feet. look at the style of the toys r us!

from Stacy Hanna
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100317/1002

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
This is the Toys r us in Parsippany NEw jersey.
IT is 27,000 square feet and probably opened in late 96 or 97.

ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
www.siteride.com

this one is closing!

[d_fife]

toys rus las cruces new mexico that will close in the spring

from Brook Stockberger http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100326/1081/SILVERCITY

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this is a picture of the toys r us in levittown new york in the Nasseu Mall.

ngoldstein@thegoldsteingroup.com of the
www.siteride.com

this toys r us in levittown is closing. it is in  a plaza with michaels, kohl's old navy.


here is the closing toys r us in freeport new york.

from http://www.kimcorealty.com/propsearch/aerial.asp?PropertyID=0027&Choice=Map&state=NY&scheck=leasing&sk=LEASING&OInterestID=1

[d_fife]

toys r us grand rapids

from www.corvair.org/.../ photos/dustoff/dustoff03.htm

[d_fife]

tihs toys r us in duluth minnesotta on 925 west central entrance is one of the 73 closing and it was 30,000 square feet and opened fall 1993.

from Amanda Odeski http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13590354.htm

[d_fife]

toys r us

from http://www.addisad.com/mall/aerial_gallery/pages/Toys%20R%20Us.htm

[d_fife]

here is the toys r us in harrisonburg virginia. it is 33,500 square efet. opened 1992. it is one of the 75 closing!


from michael glassman of http://www.storetrax.com/stx/showProperty.do

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in albany oregon.

this one closes posted . this store is  22,535 square feet. and opened november 1995. man this stoer is small
posted on 7/10/2005 at 19:28

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this toys r us is in Witchata Kansas on KEllogg road

this one gets converted to babies r us posted posted on 7/10/2005 at 19:20

this one closes. from (are you SURPRISED!) I knew there was 4 toys r us' around buffalo and that one would get it http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=34413  Falls Toys R Us Store Closing


Posted by:  Maria Sisti, Assignment Editor  
Created: 1/10/2006 4:21:34 PM
Updated: 1/10/2006 5:00:13 PM



One of three Western New York Toys R Us stores will close for good by early spring.

Company officials announced Tuesday the Williams Road site in Niagara Falls will shut down while the Amherst and Hamburg stores remain open for business.

The move is part of a nationwide reorganization that will result in 87 of 674 Toys R Us stores closing in the coming months. A dozen of those are expected to be converted into Babies R Us stores.

An inventory liquidation sale is already in progress at the Niagara Falls location. While the store will not accept returns for items bought during that time, any items bought prior to the inventory liquidation sale can be returned with a receipt until the store closes.

look at the url for the toys r us property in niagara falls

http://www.aacre.com/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center/images/Summit%20Niagara%20Center%20photos.pdf

this other NY article from http://www.poststar.com/story.asp?storyid=206232

Local Toys "R" Us store not on closure list

By CHARLES FIEGL, cfiegl@postsar.com

Updated: 1/10/2006 5:10:49 PM


QUEENSBURY -- Toys "R" Us on Upper Glen Street escaped being named on a list of 87 toy stores scheduled to close across the country in the next few months, an official with the corporation confirmed Tuesday.

Toys "R" Us Inc. announced it would shutter 87 locations as part of its reorganization after being taken private last year, but plans to convert 12 of those into Babies "R" Us stores, The Associated Press reported. Kathleen Waugh, a spokeswoman with the company, said the Queensbury location would remain open.

The Post-Star contacted store officials on Upper Glen Street, but they would not comment on the company's announcement. They directed all questions to Toys "R" Us headquarters in Wayne, N.J.

Toys "R" Us will close two stores in upstate New York: a location in Dewitt, located outside Syracuse, and Niagara Falls in western New York, Waugh said.

The closures will cause the company to record $155 million of restructuring charges, including $45 million for the cost of liquidating the inventory, the AP said. Some $99 million will be recorded during the fourth quarter ending Jan. 28, and $56 million in the first quarter.

The announcement was made Monday by Vornado Realty Trust, which bought the company last year in a partnership with private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Bain Capital Partners LLC.

Vornado said the store closures were contemplated when the retailer was acquired in July.

SYRACUSE ARTICLE SAYS from http://www.syracuse.com/business/storefront/index.ssf?/mtlogs/syr_retail/archives/2006_01.html

Monday, January 09, 2006  
 
Toys R Leaving and so is Jo-Ann
Closing in the latest cutbacks at Toys R Us is the DeWitt store, which fronts Marshalls Plaza in a freestanding building that's been busy since 1992.

Toys R Us announced on Friday it was shutting 73 stores, including the DeWitt location, in an effort to streamline operations. A group of investors bought the troubled company in July and took it private.

In recent years, Toys R Us, the nation's largest toy retailer, has been losing business to the giant discounters, especially Wal-Mart.

Also? This:

As we heard (and reported here and in the P-S), Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts at Carousel Center is splitting. The company sent postcards to its best customers over the weekend telling them the store will be closing in the near future and asking them to shop at the JoAnn in Towne Center at Fayetteville.

E-mail:

* Dan in Auburn checks in about the Toys R Us closing:

"I know some real estate conglomerate (or something like that) bought TRU last year, but I hadn't heard any closings were right on the horizon. But I distinctly recall hearing on the local news a couple years ago (when the last wave of TRU closings went down), that TRU Corp was very pleased with the performance of both their Syracuse area stores, and neither was in any danger.

So does this have more to do with the nice chunk of real estate the Dewitt TRU sits on, than the store's performance?

Thanks!''

They were pleased with the performance of the Syracuse stores. I know. I spoke with them. But it's been no secret the last couple of years that Toys R has been getting pounded by Wal-Mart (and Target). And, while we're at, supermarkets and drugstores. They, too, have been heavy with toys at the holiday season. Did we forget electronics superstores? No. They, too, have snagged chunks of Toys R Us's business as more toys become more high-tech.

It's a shame. I had tons of fun myself shopping at Toys R Us over the years.

As for that piece of real estate, you can bet that Developers Diversified, the owner of a nice swag of property holding Toys R Us, the plaza and more, isn't crying crocodile tears at the loss. I think they can, and will, do big things with this plot. A lot of attention is heading that way, along with Old Navy and others.

* Norm Gauthier checks in, appropriately, on the Wal-Mart issue:

"Bob,

Just wanted to tell you that, over the years, your column has become one of my favorites. I look forward to my three times a week shot of what's new(s) on the retail front.

I'm perplexed with the local battle against Wal-Mart. This is the third time I've watched, and thrown my two cents in on, this battle. The first time was in '99 in Saranac Lake. WM wanted to move into town and a very vocal minority was able to derail it. WM moved on and we common folk were left with a shoebox sized Ames or an hour's drive to Plattsburgh to be able to do any affordable shopping.

As things would have it, Ames went belly-up, leaving absolutely no affordable shopping in town. Now they're scratching to get someone, anyone, to show interest in bringing a department store to town. No takers so far. Just desserts? Hmmmm.

Here I thought the WM battle was just one for the boonies. I'm hearing the same old 'anti' stuff that I heard seven years ago.

Thanks, and keep the good stuff coming!"

It's not just here. It's many villages, towns and cities that fear what Wal-Mart will do to their current business model. What about locally?

Let's look at the old-school Wal-Marts first -- before groceries. When Wal-Mart came to Fairmount Fair, I wrote the same article that journalists everywhere do when Wal-Mart comes to town. You know the one. About how Wal-Mart will or won't crush established businesses. I may be wrong, but taking a look at what is in the Fairmount area now and what was there when Wal-Mart came, I don't think any small businesses were crushed. It has a pharmacy. Pharmacies stayed. It had shoes. Shoe businesses stayed. Etc.

When Wal-Mart first brought groceries to CNY, in Auburn, supermarkets stuck around.

Certainly, there are examples on the other end. Take Rome. Take Central Square. Wal-Mart SuperCenters certainly weighed heavily, and sometimes were deadly, on the supermarket business.

There are two sides to the story. And change is scary.

----
Bob Niedt

[d_fife]

here is the toys r us in antioch tennsesee that is near hickory mall that will close early spring

from http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/16567.asp

[TRU7536]

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ANY STORES IN CT OR MASS ARE CLOSING, HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE STORE, ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSING

[d_fife]

Originally posted by TRU7536
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ANY STORES IN CT OR MASS ARE CLOSING, HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE STORE, ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSING

I do not know if any in connecticut are closing. I have not found any thing yet and the waterbury paper said it is unclear which ones.

I have a list of stores I have gathered so far a few posts above. The ones in mass closing are south bay center in boston, cambridge and medford and holyoke will be turned into a babies r us.

[Caldor1999]

i though the Jefferson Valley Location would shut down to cause that store is dersrted most of teh time perimley because theres a wal mart 10 mins awya from it this location porbley opend sometime aroind 1988-1991

[d_fife]

here is the toys r us in Cincinnati ohio that is across Kenwood towne cneter on the cross streets of kenwood, montgomery and Galbraith!


from http://www.generalgrowth.com/content/live/img_aerial/Kenwood%20Towne%20Centre_aerial.jpg

HERE IS THE TOYS R US THAT IS CLOSING IN BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON THIS SPRING (The picture is the toys r us in bellingham and it is at the right end)

from http://www.generalgrowth.com/content/live/img_aerial/Bellis%20Fair_aerial.jpg

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
toys rus las cruces new mexico that will close in the spring

from Brook Stockberger http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100326/1081/SILVERCITY

another of the toys r us in las cruces

from http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4346176

[Caldor1999]

any one have a pic of the Yourktown Toys R Us i think it might be in Jefferson Valley

[ameskmart1]

store closing

[ameskmart1]

New York City, NY

[d_fife]

Originally posted by ameskmart1
store closing

this one is the one that closed about a year ago in union square new york city. it was converted into babies r us.

[d_fife]

here is the 30,000 square foot niagara falls new york store in the dead summit park mall that will close in the spring. it was a child world toy store and it replaced child world in November 1992. the store looks awful. the mall only has bon-ton and sears left and the mall is at least 3 miles away from any other retail store in niagara falls and all the other stores in the mall are gone.

from http://www.buffalobarfly.com/buzz/Buzz224/AP0038-081705.jpg

[d_fife]

here is the article of the Toys r us in niagara falls closing and a picture of the current liqudation sale

from http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060111/1020039.asp

Toys 'R' Us is closing its store at The Summit mall
By MATT GLYNN
News Business Reporter
1/11/2006  
 
   Click to view larger picture
 
Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News
The "closing" banner was hanging above the entrance to the Toys "R' Us store in Wheatfield Tuesday.
 
Toys "R' Us will close its store at The Summit mall in the Town of Wheatfield in early spring, after more than 13 years in business there.
The closing date has not been set, but a liquidation sale started last weekend, said Kelly Cullen, a spokeswoman for the toy retailer. The company's three other Buffalo area stores, in Amherst, Clarence and the Town of Hamburg, are not affected and will remain open.

Toys "R' Us has been in the mall, formerly known as the Summit Park Mall, since November 1992, when it took over Child World's former space.

The Wheatfield store is among 87 Toys "R' Us locations that will be shut down amid a companywide restructuring. Two are stores that never reopened after Hurricane Katrina. Twelve others will be converted into Babies "R' Us stores, but the Wheatfield store is not one of them.

Cullen said the company's senior management chose the 87 after reviewing its portfolio. "There is not a singular reason why they are closing," she said.

Vornado Realty bought Toys "R' Us last year in a partnership with private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Bain Capital Partners LLC. At the time of the acquisition last summer, Vornado said store closings would be considered.

The news of Toys "R' Us's imminent departure was unexpected, said Ronald Anderluh, the mall's general manager. "It's always a loss to see a tenant and jobs lost."

But James Anthony Jr., whose company, Oberlin Plaza One, owns the mall, said Toys "R' Us, still has 13 years remaining on its lease obligation. He said he is confident the 30,000-square-foot space will be subleased: both the mall and the toy retailer will seek tenants, he said.

"We're not financially impacted by it," Anthony said of the toy store's planned closing. Toys "R' Us requires the mall owner's approval of any tenant it wants to bring into the property, he noted.

The Wheatfield store has 27 full- and part-time employees, Cullen said. Not all of the employees will necessarily lose their jobs, Cullen said: in regions where it is possible, the chain will try to offer the workers other job opportunities.

The Wheatfield location will not accept returns of items bought during the inventory liquidation, Toys "R' Us said. But customers will be permitted to return any items, with a receipt, that they bought before the start of the liquidation sale.

image from http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060111/1020039.asp

[d_fife]

Originally posted by d_fife
this toys r us and Kids r us are in Akron Ohio on Roming Road.

from Drew Sulzer of http://www.reisenfeld.com/listings_detail.php?id=86

this toys r us in Akron ohio on roming road in the Rolling acres area is closing in the spring. The target is exiting too. I guess this is a lousy retail area now. but it opened in 1986.

from http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/business/13598561.htm