ELYRIA – Giant Eagle representatives said Thursday that the Cleveland Street store in Elyria will close in February, just 16 months after Giant Eagle acquired it and 17 others from Tops supermarket chain.

SHAWN FOUCHER / CHRONICLE

The Giant Eagle on Cleveland Street in Elyria is closing in February.

Ongoing “financial reasons” have made it necessary to close the Cleveland Street store, said Rob Barilla, a company spokesman.

“While the closure of the Elyria location is unfortunate but necessary, we welcome Cleveland Street Giant Eagle customers to our two other nearby supermarkets at Midway Mall and North Ridgeville,” Barilla said.

The company has no plans to close any of the other Giant Eagle stores in Lorain County, so the 100 employees at the Cleveland Street store will be able to consider work at those locations, Barilla said.

The Cleveland Street store will officially close Feb. 2.

The Cleveland Street supermarket space – about 74,600 square feet valued at $4 million – is owned by Developers Diversified Realty in Beachwood, according to the county auditor`s Web site.

Giant Eagle representatives said they`ll be working with the property owners to find a suitable replacement for the space when it`s vacant. However, there`s already a vacant space immediately next to the Giant Eagle in the same building, while the other large tenant in that shopping strip is Dollar Tree.

Barilla said the Giant Eagle stores at Midway Mall and in North Ridgeville offer everything the Cleveland Street store offered, plus a full-service meat department.

Contact Shawn Foucher at 653-6255 or sfoucher@chroniclet.com.

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