Kirkland’s notified subscribed customers by email Oct. 25 that it will close its home goods, furnishings and décor store at The Markets at Town Center.
“Our The Markets at Town Center Location Is Closing,” the email says.
“Entire Location on Sale,” it says.
“Everything 30% Off.”
The store appeared to be substantially stocked Oct. 26.
The store is at 4870 Big Island Drive, Unit 6, in the shopping center at Town Center Parkway and Big Island Drive, near St. Johns Town Center.
Yellow signs hung and posted throughout the store say: “Everything Must Go! All Sales Final! This location only.”
Some merchandise is discounted up to 60%, such as “all fall” selections.
An associate said the store is anticipated to close in January, pending the merchandise sales.
The associate said it was the only one of the three Kirkland’s stores in Northeast Florida that is scheduled to close and that it would not be converted into Bed Bath & Beyond Home.
The store is shown as open on the MarketsatTownCenter.ShopKimco.com site.
The Markets at Town Center is anchored on that end of the mall by Nordstrom Rack and West Marine. Kirkland’s has two other stores in the area at 10601 San Jose Blvd., Suite 104, in Mandarin Landing and at 1989 East West Parkway in Orange Park.
Bed Bath & Beyond Home
Some Kirkland’s Home stores will be converting into a new Bed Bath & Beyond Home format over the next two years, the CEO of the company that manages the retailers said Sept. 16.
Of the more than 300 Kirkland’s Home stores in 35 states, The Brand House Collective Inc. President and CEO Amy Sullivan said during an earnings conference call that 250 to 275 Kirkland’s stores would be converted.
The Brand House Collective Inc., which had changed its name from Kirkland’s Inc., announced Sept. 16 that it sold the Kirkland’s Home trade name, brand assets and intellectual property Sept. 15 to Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. for $10 million and closed a $20 million expansion of the existing credit agreement to support its current operations as well as store conversion and channel expansion plans.
Bed Bath & Beyond was bought in bankruptcy by Overstock in 2023 and continued its online sales. Overstock changed its name to Beyond Inc. that year and then renamed itself Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. in August 2025. It also owns Overstock, buybuy BABY and a blockchain asset portfolio.
The Brand House Collective has a deal to manage the Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. portfolio of brands and operate the Bed Bath & Beyond Home website.
The 22 Florida Kirkland’s stores include the three in Northeast Florida.
The Seeking Alpha investment research platform posted a transcript of the Sept. 16 second-quarter earnings call.
Closing stores
Sullivan said about 25 stores will close when their leases expire in January, but did not identify which stores will be closed and when any would be converted other than the initial ones in Tennessee.
The first opened Aug. 8 in Brentwood and more followed.
The opening was the first Bed Bath & Beyond brick-and-mortar since the retailer declared bankruptcy and shut all of its stores in 2023, including four in Northeast Florida.
Bed Bath & Beyond’s 20%-off coupons are expected to be honored at newly opened locations.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is led by executive chairman and principal executive officer Marcus Lemonis.
Lemonis, an investor, entrepreneur and reality show personality, has Jacksonville connections through an investment in Sweet Pete’s candy store based Downtown. He also is CEO of Camping World, which has a Northeast Florida presence.