Starbucks is permanently closing its Seattle Reserve Roastery — the first roastery the company created — located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The Starbucks Reserve store in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood is also permanently shutting down.

Starbucks previously announced it is laying off approximately 900 non-retail employees and closing several U.S. and Canadian stores in an attempt to focus more of its resources on a turnaround . Starbucks is closing stores “where we’re unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance,” the company stated.

While the store locations are set to be announced on Friday, Starbucks confirmed to KIRO Newsradio that the Capitol Hill Reserve Roastery is one of the locations

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