At least four major national and international retail stores are coming to Hobbs within a year according to a Pegasus Group broker. Construction activity in the area of the former K-Mart store near Grimes and Bender streets should start in about two weeks, said Steve Lyon, an Albuquerque-based Pegasus Group commercial real estate broker. Leasing the first four primary spaces …

ALBUQUERQUE — And then there were two. Albuquerque Business First and Santa Fe New Mexican reported Wednesday that Transform Holdco LLC, the new parent company of the Kmart and Sears, is set to close a Santa Fe Kmart and a Las Cruces Sears. First reported by the Santa Fe New Mexican, after the closure of its Santa Fe store, Kmart …