Boulder OfficeMax to close May 16

BOULDER — The OfficeMax store at the Market Square Shopping Center in Boulder will close May 16.

The office-supply store at 1880 30th St. appears to be the second casualty in the region from the Office Depot/OfficeMax merger in November 2013 that created Office Depot Inc. (Nasdaq: ODP) with about 1,600 stores.

At the time of the merger, Office Depot said it would shutter up to 400 stores nationwide to eliminate some stores in close proximity to each other.

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A sign outside the OfficeMax store in Market Square announces the closing sale going on now and another sign encourages customers to visit the Office Depot store at 1905 28th St. in Boulder, which Office Depot spokeswoman Julianne Embry said will serve the Boulder market.

The fate of other Office Depot and OfficeMax stores in the region is unclear.

Embry on Friday said the company is not disclosing which stores are scheduled for closing due to competitive reasons.

“In 2014, we closed approximately 165 locations and plan to close at least another 100 by the second quarter in 2015,” Embry said. The company does not allow local store managers to talk with news media.

An Office Depot store at 3500 S. College Ave. in The Square shopping center in Fort Collins closed in late 2013.

In Longmont there is an Office Depot at 2251 Ken Pratt Blvd., and an OfficeMax at 1120 Ken Pratt Blvd.

In Fort Collins, there is an Office Depot at 2216 E. Harmony Road, and an OfficeMax at 2211 S. College.

In Loveland, there is an Office Depot at 277 E. 29th St. In Greeley, there is an Office Depot at 2825 35th Ave., and an OfficeMax at 4759 W. 29th St. In Superior, there is an OfficeMax at 410 Center Drive.

More closures in addition to the 400 announced could occur if Framingham, Mass.-based Staples Inc.’s (Nasdaq: SPLS) pending acquisition of Office Depot, a $6.3 billion deal announced in February is approved by federal regulators. Staples has Staples has stores in close proximity to Office Depot and OfficeMax stores.