The drugstore chain is closing stores in Bronzeville, Little Village, South Shore, Chicago Lawn and South Chicago as it shutters 1,200 stores nationwide. The closures will be a "devastating blow" to the neighborhoods they served,

Walgreens is closing five stores in Chicago next month as part of its strategy to revitalize its struggling business. Last October, the drugstore chain announced that it would be closing 1,200 stores in the United States over three years.

In October, the company announced it would prioritize shutting poor-performing stores owned by the company, or locations where the leases are expiring. Walgreens said last week that it shuttered 70 locations in its first quarter,

As Walgreens struggles to make a comeback, it's planning to close around 1,200 locations – and at least one of them is here.