12-02-2025
True Value distribution center in Westlake to close, 82 workers face layoffs
WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — True Value, a national hardware retailer that filed for bankruptcy in October, announced it will soon shutter its Westlake distribution center, laying off 82 employees.
The retailer sold off 'substantially all' of its assets the following November. Now, its distribution center at 26025 First Street is no longer needed.
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The center will start to shut down on April 8 and be completed by April 22, according to a Worker Readjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, filed earlier this month with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
The layoffs include 59 merchandise handlers, four warehouse supervisors, four team leaders and various other maintenance and office workers. The workers do not have bumping rights.
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The 390,000 square-foot facility was built in 1972, according to Cuyahoga County property records, where it's listed as being in 'good' condition. It was valued in 2024 at $11.9 million, a 30% increase from the year prior.
True Value, which was founded 75 years ago in Chicago, had 4,500 independently owned and operated stores across the U.S., including 40 in Ohio. All but the company-owned store in Illinois are expected to remain open, since they are not part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Nexstar previously reported.
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