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News Wed Feb 16 2011
Borders Goes Bankrupt, Plans More Closures
Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, and announced an additional 200 stores will be closing by April, including several in the city and suburbs:
Chicago:
755 W. North Ave.
2817 N. Clark St.
4718 N. Broadway Ave.
6103 N. Lincoln Ave.
2210 W. 95th St.
Suburbs:
161 N. Webber Rd., Bolinbrook
6000 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake
49 S. Waukegan Rd., Deerfield
1700 Maple Ave., Evanston
4824 W. 211th St., Matteson
2221 Richmond Rd., McHenry
909 N. Elmhurst Rd., Mt. Prospect
3539 E. Main St., St. Charles
A PDF of all the closing locations is available here.
Nathan Kontny / February 16, 2011 1:04 PM
That's sad. That area on Clark and Diversey needs some help. With this gone, that whole corner is like a ghost town. Hopefully the Trader Joe's coming can bring some new stuff around there.
What sucks too is how inevitable it seemed. I love Borders stores, and yet my trips there got so infrequent, especially with my Kindle love affair. Still, it was a handy place for gifts.