The company buying Columbus-based Big Lots has identified about 500 Big Lots stores, including several in central Ohio, that it plans to close.

Another big cut coming to Big Lots' store base as more than 500 are up for sale, including six around Columbus.

There are three other Big Lots locations in Louisville (6650 Dixie Highway and 5518 New Cut Road; and 3938 Taylorsville Road, which is listed by Google as "temporarily closed" and not listed on Big Lots' location webpage) and Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Big Lots is under new ownership after a last-minute sale went through that will seemingly keep hundreds of stores in operation and prevent thousands of layoffs. The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer announced this month it closed a previously announced sale agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners.

Joann, the Ohio-based fabric and craft store, has again filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell all assets to the same company that recently acquired Big Lots. One of the largest arts and crafts retailers,

Gordon Brothers' purchase of Big Lots Inc. was completed Jan. 9, according to a press release from the firm, but the agreement was announced Dec. 27. Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September and has already closed or sold leases for hundreds of stores as part of that process.

Big Lots is under new ownership after a last-minute sale went through that will keep hundreds of stores in operation and prevent thousands of layoffs.

Another big cut is coming to Big Lots' store base as the retailer's new owner puts more than 500 sites up for sale.

Big Lots is under new ownership after a last-minute sale went through that will keep hundreds of stores in operation and prevent thousands of layoffs.

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The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer announced this month it closed a previously announced sale agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners. The agreement will enable Variety Wholesalers to acquire between 200 and 400 Big Lots stores, which it plans to operate under the Big Lots brand, and up to two distribution centers.