National retailer coming to long-vacant Cincinnati Walmart

A large national retailer is taking over a Greater Cincinnati Walmart that has sat vacant for most of the past 12 years.

Appliance Factory & Mattress Kingdom signed a lease to locate in the former Tri-County Walmart at 600 Kemper Commons Circle. With the exception of a brief occupancy by Home Emporium, that location has sat vacant since 2006.

The location is the chain’s second in the Cincinnati market and is expected to open in the first quarter of 2019. The chain saw Cincinnati as a growth opportunity…