The Streets at Southpoint mall is photographed on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Durham, N.C.
A handful of stores in Raleigh and Durham announced recently that they are shutting down.
Here’s what to know about the closures, including when customers can visit.
Raleigh rug store closes
Legacy Oriental Rugs, a locally owned store offering hand-knotted rugs of many styles and sizes, is shutting its doors.
Located in the Pleasant Valley Promenade shopping center, the store is holding a sale, with items discounted up to 85% off.
The building that houses the store is being torn down, a manager at the rug store told The News & Observer. The store’s owner is retiring and will not reopen the business in a new place.
Legacy Oriental Rugs should be closed by the end of February, the manager said.
Location: 6728 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh mall department store shuts down
Macy’s is closing at Triangle Town Center. Juli Leonard File photo
Macy’s is closing one of its Triangle locations.
The department store will be leaving Raleigh’s Triangle Town Center, the mall off Capital Boulevard near Interstate 540.
Macy’s confirmed the closure to The N&O but did not give a closing date.
“The decision allows us to focus on improving nearby Macy’s locations and invest in the stores and digital experiences where customers are choosing to shop today,” a Macy’s spokesperson said in an email.
Location: 3801 Sumner Blvd., Raleigh
Women’s clothing store closes in Durham
Loft, a women’s clothing retailer at The Streets at Southpoint mall in Durham, is closing.
The company has three other stores in the Triangle — two in Raleigh, one in Morrisville — which will remain open.
“The landlord opted not to renew our lease at that location,” KnitWell Group, the company that owns Loft, told The N&O in an email.
KnitWell did not respond to The N&O’s question about a closing date. However, Loft removed the Southpoint location from its website, and a call to the Durham store Tuesday, Jan. 6 did not go through.
Loft still appears on the Southpoint website’s map, but is not listed on the directory.
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Renee Umsted is a service journalism reporter for The News & Observer. She has a degree in journalism from the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at TCU.
