Sears Plans New Store In Southcenter Mall

TUKWILA

Sears plans to open its new Southcenter Mall store next spring and close its Renton Center store about the same time.

Sears will build a three-level store in the mall's anchor space formerly occupied by Frederick & Nelson. The retail portion of the store will take up 110,000 of the building's 175,000 square feet.

Sears employees at the Renton Center store will be moved to the Southcenter store. The new store will feature a new design for Sears, with wider, carpeted aisles, softer lighting and new merchandise display fixtures.