Big Lots closes last Clark County store; it opened 5 years ago in the former Orchards Safeway location.

BigLots is closing its last Clark County location, the company announced in a recent release. filing a lawsuit.

There is no closing date for the Orchards store at 11696 NE 76th St. which opened in 2019 after Safeway moved outanchors a shopping center that includes a Dollar Tree and several small businesses.

Earlier this year, the Ohio-based retailer closed its east Vancouver location next to the New Seasons store in Fishers Landing.

Another large lot was previously located in the Vancouver Village Shopping Center near Vancouver Mall, but closed in 2012.

Biglots joins a growing number of national shuttering brands in Clark County. dollar tree and Party City closed stores in East Vancouver earlier this year, while brands such as The Body Shop and Bed Bath and Beyond have closed all stores nationwide.

Applications for large lots have been submitted Chapter 11. Bankruptcy on Sept. 9, with investment firm Nexus Capital Management acting as the “stalking bidder.” The financial term describes a bidder who will set a floor on bids to prevent other bidders from undercutting the purchase price of a bankrupt company.

Despite a wave of corporate retail bankruptcies, Clark County’s retail vacancy rate remains well below the national rate, at 10.3 percent in the third quarter, according to the company. Analytics Moody.

Clark County’s rate was closer to 3 percent.

When the chain stores left, others appeared.

Trader Joe’s opened a third Clark County store last month in the former Bed Bath and Beyond hotel in east Vancouver. Urban Air Adventure Park recently opened in the former Walmart Neighborhood Market in Vancouver Square. And Japanese discount retailer Daiso recently opened in two previously vacant storefronts.

Mark Osborne, director of real estate for CE John in Vancouver, told The Columbian earlier this year that Washington and Clark County are attractive to a variety of global, regional and local companies. C John owns several hundred thousand square feet of commercial real estate in the area, almost all of which is leased.