Crown Ace Hardware recently announced plans to close its store at Liberty Station. Originally opened in August 2008, the store will serve customers through mid February and will offer some significant discounts throughout the entire store.
“Closing a store’s always tough because it impacts our customers and our employees; and we do not do so lightly,” said Mark Schulein, president of Crown Ace Hardware. “We’ve been fortunate to serve customers here for over 10 years and have built meaningful relationships with the community in that time; and are very sad to close.
“We truly love this store and our team; and we worked extremely hard to make it a success in the community. Unfortunately, the location proved to be challenging, and we opened while the center was both very new and in the midst of the Great Recession. These factors had lasting impacts, which we were not able to overcome.” Schulein added that “We are working closely with our team members to offer positions in our other stores in San Diego or with other Ace retailers in the area.” Crown will continue to serve customers at their locations in Clairemont, Encinitas and Carlsbad.