After 53 years in operation as one of Regency Square Mall’s original tenants, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. closed its department store for good at 4 p.m. Oct. 18.
Other than a few pieces of merchandise, all that remained for sale were fixtures, display equipment and mannequins, including assorted feet for $5 and a bin of arms, according to WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Cars, trucks and a U-Haul picked up shelving and other fixtures before and after closing.
Store personnel told arriving shoppers that the store was closing, surprising some customers who expected the usual 6 p.m. Sunday close.
On the dot, a voice on the public address system announced:
“It’s 4 o’clock and we are closed.”
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