Petland Leaves Route 347 Shopping Center Vacant

Petland Discounts appears to have closed its Lake Grove storefront within the past week. It is the last business to vacate the Route 347 strip mall on the corner of Route 25.

Nearly all signs of the international pet store chain were gone by Friday afternoon. It's distinctive yellow sign has been pulled down, although the Petland name could vaguely be made out in the wear and tear to the building front. Brown paper covers the store's front windows.

If Petland Discounts is gone for good, it has become the last business to abandon the Route 347 strip mall.

Sixth Avenue Electronic's bright and colorful displays still hang at the opposite end of the shopping center, but the

The mid-section of the Lake Grove strip mall has not been rented since Harrow's Furniture left the location several years ago.

Petland's closure appears to be part of a larger economic trend in the area, after . Ara International owners abandoned the newly renovated, three-story building in front of strip mall after three months.

The property is listed by Breslin Realty in Garden City. The realtor's website only lists 14,000 of the shopping center's 40,000 square feet for rentla, but appears out of date is it still reports Sixth Avenue Electronics is anchoring the strip mall.