Toys R Us Stores Near DC Are Closing

WASHINGTON, DC -- The end has come for Toys R Us, the once mighty retailer that ruled the toy industry. And that means stores in the D.C. area will be closing for good.

Toys R Us will close or sell all of its more than 800 stores scattered across the United States after it failed to come up with a plan that would save about 200 of them. The retailer has already started liquidating about 180 stores, according to CNBC, after Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy protect last September as it struggled with $5 billion in debt.

Toys R Us has five stores in the Beltway area:

• Toys"R"Us Outlet Center (National Harbor), Tanger Boulevard, 6800 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD
• Toys"R"Us, 8401 Mike Shapiro Dr, Clinton, MD
• Babies"R"Us, 12012 Cherry Hill Rd, Silver Spring, MD
• Toys"R"Us Express, 6001 Kingstowne Village Pkwy, Alexandria, VA
• Toys"R"Us, 5521 Leesburg Pike, Bailey's Crossroads, VA

There is not yet a clear timeline on when these stores will close, but it could happen in weeks.

The end of Toys R Us will cause 33,000 employees to lose their jobs.

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