Macy’s announced it is closing its longest-operating store in San Diego County, its anchor department store in La Mesa’s Grossmont Center.
The closure is one of two planned for California and 14 planned across the country in 2026, as part of a continued restructuring that the company, founded in 1858, has dubbed its Bold New Chapter.
Its closure here lines up with the Grossmont Center mall’s redevelopment and Macy’s strategy of cutting back its brick-and-mortar footprint and focusing on elevated experiences at fewer stores…