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Familiar retailer will move into this closing Joann store’s space

Exterior view of Jo Ann Fabrics and Crafts store. Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. is a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics.
Store closings FILE PHOTO: Joann will be closing more than half of its locations according to bankruptcy court filings. (Ken Wolter/wolterke - stock.adobe.com)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

Clothing retailer Burlington will assume the lease for the retail space for a closing Joann’s store in Lady Lake, a Lake County town close to The Villages.

Burlington will assume the lease on June 1, according to court filings in Joann Inc.’s bankruptcy.

Joann is closing each of its nine Central Florida locations, along with hundreds of others nationally.

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