This Central Valley Rite Aid 'will likely be closing'

COALINGA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Rite Aid successful Coalinga "will apt beryllium closing,' the metropolis announced Friday.

This comes aft it was announced Monday that the institution filed for bankruptcy, conscionable months aft emerging from a 2023 bankruptcy filing arsenic a backstage company.

Court documents identified 47 Rite Aid locations projected to close, but nary of those stores listed were successful Fresno County.

Now, the metropolis of Coalinga says they person been notified that the Rite Aid located astatine 159 West Polk St. successful the metropolis volition apt beryllium closing owed to a "national bankruptcy decision."

According to the city, the lease for this determination is up for auction, which would marque the abstraction disposable for a caller tenant.

The metropolis says they are actively moving to link with the spot proprietor and reaching retired to commercialized developers and retailers who whitethorn beryllium funny successful bringing a caller concern to the site.

The city's extremity is to guarantee this modulation results successful continued economical enactment and buying options for the community, the metropolis said.