Walmart (NYSE:WMT) announced the upcoming closure of one of its two Norwalk retail locations.
The store at 680 Connecticut Ave. will cease operations on Nov. 3. The site”™s owner, Equity One (Norwalk) LLC, announced last April that it planned to swap tenants when Walmart”™s lease expired in November ”“ a Target store will replace Walmart at the site.
“We are grateful to the customers who have given us the privilege of serving them at our Connecticut Avenue location,” said Walmart Director of Corporate Communications Felicia McCranie.
Walmart has 255 employees the Connecticut Avenue store, and all will be paid through Dec. 1 unless they transfer to another Walmart location. The retailer has another Norwalk location at 650 Main Ave. and Fairfield County units in Danbury, Shelton and Stratford.
