That may no longer be the case. In April the chain exited
the Texas
market where it got its start by closing ten stores. Now the rest of the stores may be on the
chopping block. According to this story by Gregory J. Gilligan in the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, the company has asked the bankruptcy judge “to allow the
beleaguered chain to sell its assets at an auction.”
“The stores and inventory could be sold in their entirety to
a buyer that would continue running some or all of the locations, or piecemeal
to a variety of buyers.”
Judging by how quickly the adjacent former Borders store was back-filled, this space is not likely to be dark for very long.