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<p>PITTSTON TWP. &#8212; Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services recently purchased the vacant former Walmart store at 1201 Oak St. with plans to convert the building into a multi-tenant office and medical complex.</p><p>The approximately 125,000-square-foot, single-story building sits on 23.86 acres near the entrance to Mericle&#8217;s CenterPoint Commerce &amp; Trade Park West. Walmart vacated the building when it constructed its nearby facility along Route 315 in Pittston Township.</p><p>Mericle said preliminary plans call for breaking the building into as many as seven spaces ranging in size from 14,000 to 22,000 square feet. He said the building will be gutted and new windows and a center courtyard will be added to flood the space with natural light. A new fa&#231;ade will also be constructed.</p><p>The space was previously Merchants&#8217; Village, an indoor space for various vendors to sell their wares that opened in 2010, but that operation closed in spring 2013.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">An aerial view of the former Walmart building in Pittston Twp. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_Former-Walmart-Building-Pittston-Twp.jpg</photo0><caption0>An aerial view of the former Walmart building in Pittston Twp. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Mericle purchases former Walmart building in Pittston Twp.