The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. has decided to close its Elder-Beerman store in Lima, Ohio, along with a store in West Virginia and one in New York. The Ohio store closure will result in the layoff of 51 employees. A store to be closed in Huntington, W.Va., employs 58 and the store in Syracuse, N.Y., has 43 employees.

The closings are part of ongoing real estate initiatives to shutter underperforming locations.