Advance Auto Parts appears to be shrinking its footprint in the Puget Sound region, following a Thursday announcement of hundreds of store closures nationwide.
A state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification released Friday morning stated that General Parts Distribution LLC had filed a permanent closure affecting 100 employees involving locations including Tacoma, Seattle, Lakewood, Auburn, Bellevue, Burien, Federal Way, Kent and Puyallup.
The LLC shares the same address and email as the main corporate site for the auto parts chain, according to state corporate filings…