Welcome to the new year everyone! This will the the first new blog post this year and it is a closing Sears. This is the closing Sears in Fresno, CA inside the Manchester Center Mall. This Sears location open in 1956 with the mall. Sears is currently the only major anchor in this mall as the former Gottschalks has since been turned into a food court or restaurant row. There is a Regal theaters but it's not part of the mall proper and Cal Trans leases a portion of the mall. The Fresno police have a station here and the rest of the mall is office space or taken up by a local college. On my visit here it was the first day of the liquidation and they were just putting the sales signs up. This location is company owned (Seritage) also this store was in the process of downsizing and construction had already started to subdivide the downsized area into a Ross and dd's Discounts. This location had a Auto Center but it closed sometime ago. As you can see from the pictures this store was still fully stocked and staffed on my visit here. When you enter this store you are on the top floor and the basement level has the appliances and mattress area. Well let get to the pictures!
Let's head inside...
If you look straight ahead you will see the plastic sheet they have up that separates the downsized area from the current sales floor
Let's head downstairs...
That's a wrap for inside but let's that a look at what's going on outside as construction continues for the new stores...
That will signal the end of this Sears closing post for this store on the blog! The last day of business at this location is scheduled for February 2, 2020. I hope that I can make it back here for an update before the store closes. I've seen on other platforms that since this store is closing a few weeks early and they have already started laying off a lot of the staff. I wish everyone who is now or will be unemployed because of this company well and hope they find a new and better job with a more stable company. I have pictures from the closing Kmart in Atascadero, CA and the closing Sears in Visalia, CA to upload soon.
Sears #1208 Fresno, CA
3636 N. Blackstone Blvd Fresno, CA 93726
All pictures were shot on 12/2/19
