Bed, Bath & Beyond will close at least one WA store as partial national list released
At least one Tacoma-area Bed, Bath & Beyond store will be closing as the home goods retailer plans to shutter 150 stores nationwide.
Bed, Bath & Beyond will close the Lakewood Towne Center location at 5830 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., S.W. in south Lakewood, according to a company list released last week on Sept. 16.
About 20% of their locations, amounting to 150 low-performing stores, will be shuttered. The Lakewood store is the only location in Washington state currently on the list for closures.
Since January 2022, the company has closed four other stores in the state; 511 Valley Mall Parkway in East Wenatchee; 200 Triangle Center in Longview; 2600 SW Barton St. in Seattle and 1740 East Washington St. in Union Gap.
In a presentation to stockholders earlier this month, the company reported it had already started closing locations and reducing its workforce.
Bed Bath & Beyond will also change what you find on their shelves.
The presentation mentioned offering more popular brands like Calphalon and KitchenAid while dumping three of its nine store brands: Haven, Wild Sage and Studio 3B. The brand products run the gamut from bath towels to home decor.
Sue Gove, Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are working swiftly and diligently to strengthen our liquidity and secure our path for the future.”
According to Footwearnews.com, Bed Bath & Beyond has closed at least 37 U.S. locations across 19 states.
As of May, the company had 955 stores, including 769 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in the U.S. and Canada, 135 buybuy BABY stores, and 51 stores under the names Harmon, Harmon Face Values or Face Values. The company has about 34,000 employees, according to a 2021 company report.
Other stores in WA state
There are 16 Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in Washington state, according to the company website.
Locations include a store at 4255 Meridian Street in Bellingham, an Auburn location at 1101 Outlet Collection Way, Suite 1260, and in Puyallup at 4102D South Meridian Street. There are also locations in Olympia, including 2405 4th Avenue West.
Other state closures of Bed, Bath & Beyond since Jan. 2022:
Alabama
1000 Oxford Exchange Blvd.
Arizona
1004 North Promenade Parkway, Casa Grande
1212 South Castle Dome Ave., Yuma
California
Almarida Place, 515 East Hamilton Avenue, Campbell
32391 Golden Lantern, Laguna Niguel
147 Great Mall Drive, Milpitas
22235 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita
Tustin Market Place II, 13692 Jamboree Road, Tustin
Florida
963 Harley Strickland Blvd., Orange City
Georgia
130 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta
4475 Roswell Road, Marietta
Idaho
1732 Hurley Drive, Pocatello
Michigan
1132 Jackson Crossing, Jackson
Minnesota
1303 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth
1295 Promenade Place, Eagan
Missouri
5201 North Belt Highway, St. Joseph
Mississippi
131 S. Frontage Road, Meridian
New Jersey
Edgewater Commons, 489 River Road, Edgewater
New York
Auburn Plaza, 217 Grant Ave., Auburn
328 Eastern Blvd., Canandaigua
388 Feura Bush Road, Glenmont
1520 Military Road, Niagara Falls
401 S. Oyster Bay Road, Plainview
25 Waterfront Place, Port Chester
14B Spring Valley Marketplace, Spring Valley
Ohio
Ontario Towne Center, 2259 Walker Lake Road, Mansfield
Pennsylvania
7507 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh
2845 Concord Road, York
Texas
Sunrise Palms Shopping Center, 3000 Pablo Kisel Blvd., Brownsville
4169 Sunset Drive, San Angelo
Virginia
2051 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna
Washington
511 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee
200 Triangle Center, Longview
2600 SW Barton St., Seattle
1740 East Washington St., Union Gap
Wisconsin
Memorial Mall, 3347 Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan
West Virginia
555 Cabela Drive, Triadelphia
This story was originally published September 24, 2022 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Bed, Bath & Beyond will close at least one WA store as partial national list released."
