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Toys 'R' Us to close 7 stores in Pa., 12 in N.J.

The nineteen Toys 'R' Us stores targeted for closure in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among 180 nationwide.

FILE – In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, shoppers walk into a Toys R Us store, in San Antonio. Toys R Us says it will be closing some U.S. stores and converting others to cobranded locations as it continues to deal with its financial restructuring following its bankruptcy filing.
FILE – In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, shoppers walk into a Toys R Us store, in San Antonio. Toys R Us says it will be closing some U.S. stores and converting others to cobranded locations as it continues to deal with its financial restructuring following its bankruptcy filing.Read moreEric Fay / AP Photo

New Jersey-based Toys 'R' Us is planning to close about 180 stores across the country in an effort to restructure the company and emerge from bankruptcy protection.

The number represents about one-fifth of its stores nationwide.

Marked for closure are seven stores in Pennsylvania, including Horsham, and a dozen in New Jersey, including Burlington and Cherry Hill.

CNBC reports that the shutdown still need court approval, but management is planning to start the closures beginning in early February.

"The reinvention of our brands requires that we make tough decisions about our priorities and focus," Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Brandon wrote Tuesday in a memo to customers. "The actions we are taking are necessary to give us the best chance to emerge from our bankruptcy proceedings as a more viable and competitive company."

The company, which was founded in 1948, is based in Wayne, N.J.

Stores targeted for closure include:

Pennsylvania

Horsham, 100 Welsh Road

Erie, 6680 Peach St.

Monroeville, 3700 William Penn Highway

Exton, 104 Bartlett Ave.

Ross Park Mall, 2003 Cheryl Dr.

Washington, 301 Oakspring Road

Beaver Valley, Route 18/Valley View Dr.

New Jersey

Burlington, Route 541 & Cadillac Road

Cherry Hill, 2135 Route 38

Phillipsburg, 1280 Route 22

Eatontown, 137 Route 35

Bridgewater,100 Promenade Blvd.

Union, 2700 Route 22 East

North Brunswick, 909 U.S. 1 South

Wayne. 7 Wayne Hills Mall

Paramus, 545 Route 17 South

East Hanover, 98 Route 10 West

Elizabeth, 900 Center Drive

Mount Olive, 50 International Drive South