JCPenney to Close 7 Upstate NY Stores

Retailer JCPenney, with over 850 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May and has announced plans to close 154 stores including 7 in New York all located upstate.

The stores will hold going out-of-business sales for the next 10-16 weeks.

“While closing stores is always an extremely difficult decision, our store optimization strategy is vital to ensuring we emerge from both Chapter 11 and the COVID-19 pandemic as a stronger retailer with greater financial flexibility to allow us to continue serving our loyal customers for decades to come,” said Jill Soltau, chief executive officer of JCPenney. “I am incredibly grateful to our talented associates for their ongoing dedication and their passion for meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations during this difficult and uncertain time. All impacted associates will be treated with the utmost consideration and respect.”

Ms. Soltau continued, “We will remain one of the nation’s largest apparel and home retailers as we continue to operate a majority of our stores and our flagship store, jcp.com, to ensure our valued customers continue to have access to the products and brands they need and want. As of June 4, 2020, we have reopened nearly 500 stores since government officials have eased COVID-19 restrictions and we look forward to opening more. We are excited to welcome back our customers and associates at these locations, and we will continue to take actions to be best positioned to build on our over 100-year history.”

The list of all154 stores that will begin closing sales can be found on the JCPenney Blog.

Here is a list of JCPenney stores closing in NY

Finger Lakes Mall
1579 Clark Street Rd
Auburn, NY 13021

Batavia City Centre
40 Batavia City Ctr
Batavia, NY 14020

Roseland Shopping Center
3225 State Rt 364, Ste 165
Canandaigua, NY 14424

Sangertown Square Mall
1 Sangertown Square, Ste 55
New Hartford, NY 13413

Oswego Plaza
140 State Route 104, Ste A
Oswego, NY 13126

Freedom Mall
205 Erie Blvd W
Rome, NY 13440

Destiny USA
9559 Destiny USA Dr
Syracuse, NY 13290