Closing any store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize

Company officials announced the Burnsville store will permanently close as part of its Bold new Chapter strategy announced nearly one year ago.

Two Macy's stores in Minnesota are among the dozens of impending closures announced by the company on Thursday. Stores at the Maplewood Mall and Burnsville Center are part of the batch of 66 across the country.

Macy's did not offer closing dates for the Minnesota stores. However, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development issued a notice on Friday stating that the Maplewood location will close somewhere between March 18 and 31, with 66 employees losing their jobs.

The New York-based retailer released a list of 66 closures Thursday; the Maplewood and Burnsville sites were the only Minnesota locations listed. Macy's also has stores at Rosedale Center, Southdale Center, Ridgedale Center and Mall of America. (Macy's also has furniture stores in Roseville and Edina.)

The stores at Maplewood Mall and Burnsville Center will be closing. According to the store's website, that will leave nine remaining Macy's stores in Minnesota including here in St. Cloud, Bloomington, Minnetonka, Rochester, three in Edina, and two in Roseville.

In the latest step in its revitalization effort, Macy's has named 66 of the 150 stores it plans to close in the next two years. The move is "designed to return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth,

Macy's stores in Troy and Sterling Heights are scheduled to close this year as part of a company restructuring.

News that the Center City Philadelphia Macy's is closing quickly spurred questions among residents across the region: what would happen to the Eagle statue in the Grand Court? And what of the storied Wanamaker Organ,