Sears Holdings Corp., which did not return a request for comment Thursday, owns the store property at the south end of the mall as well as a portion of the parking lot, Schutte said. The rest of the mall has been owned by Centennial Real Estate Co. since 2015. Centennial has been in discussions with Sears for the last 2½ years attempting to purchase the property, Schutte added. It's too soon to say how the Sears branch closure might affect those discussions, he said. "There's been a lot of interest in that location because it's front and center in our property," Schutte said.