Michael’s Arts & Crafts will close its store at 808 Columbus Avenue on 99th Street, located within the Columbus Square apartment and retail complex.
Along with Whole Foods, TJ Maxx and Housewares, Michael has been one of Columbus Square’s anchored tenants from the beginning, securing his lease before construction of the complex was completed in 2010.
Michael’s renewed its lease for the 34,424-square-foot space in 2018, but window signage indicates the store is up and running and offers some expense discounts.
We contacted the UWS store and the company’s press department for more information, including a closing date.
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According to its website, the company operates “more than 1,250 Michaels stores in 49 states and Canada,” making it the “largest arts and crafts retailer in North America (by number of stores).” . The company reported $ 5.3 billion in sales during 2018.
Michael’s has another location in Manhattan in Chelsea and several others in all districts.
More Upper West Side closures
It was recently announced that the chain of stores would close some of its other locations, including one in North Babylon, Long Island and in a North Carolina mall.
More than 1,000 chain stores closed in New York during 2020, which is nearly one in seven stores, according to the report by the Center for an Urban Future’s State of the Chains.
Some of the largest companies that closed UWS locations during 2020 include:
- Modell’s: closed all store locations, including its two UWS stores.
- 21st Century: Closed all 13 stores, which included a location on 66th and Broadway.
- Flying Tiger Copenhagen: closed all U.S. stores, including its location at 424 Columbus Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets.
- Jean Louis David: closed all four Manhattan locations, including one at 2146 Broadway, between 75th and 76th Streets.
- Unleashed By Petco: closed at 159 Columbus Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets.
- Papyrus: closed all locations, including three at UWS: 209 Columbus Avenue (between 69th and 70th Streets), 2157 Broadway (76th and Broadway) and its store at Shops at Columbus Circle.
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