And for the customers who have remained loyal to Sage's and have grown to rely on a market within walking distance, the closing comes as a shock.
Priscilla McMillan lives just outside the Square and does not own a car. She has memories of Sage's dating back to 1951.
"It's really a necessity to have a grocery store," she says. "Sage's closing will make it quite difficult for a lot of residents."
A few nights ago, McMillan says, a friend of hers, who lives quite close to Sage's and has trouble walking, called her "in distress."
"She had just found out and said, 'What are we going to do without Sage's'" McMillan remembers. "I really don't know what we're going to do."
Sage's closing is just one more sign that the Square is no longer as much of a residential area, McMillan says.
"The creeping commercialization of the Square is no longer creeping, it's galloping," McMillan says. "As operations like Sprint replace stores that sell everyday necessities, I think it will start to affect real estate values.
"The Square really has to be able to support a grocery store for it to have any residential component," she continues.
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