Walmart to close one of its Norwalk stores on Nov. 3

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.