Residents at Warwick apartment upset about planned store closure

WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE)– Many residents at the Shalom Apartments in Warwick are upset about the planned closure of a store located in the lobby of one of the apartment buildings.

The store has been in operation for 47 years, and according to residents, they’ve been told that it will close on Sept. 1.

President of the Shalom Tenants Association Donna Parenteau said that residents were only officially told that the store would be closing two weeks ago, saying that wasn’t enough notice.

She and other residents said that management had not been returning their calls about the store’s closure.

In the meantime, though, they had created a petition asking management to keep the store open.

That petition garnered around 150 signatures, which was a majority of the Shalom Apartments’ residents.

According to residents, a meeting was planned for Aug. 29  between residents and management in order to clear up what management said in a letter was misinformation about the closure.

That’s left some residents hopeful that they can convince management to keep the store open.

ABC6 has reached out to the ownership of the Shalom Apartments, and has yet to hear back.