The Mail Boxes Etc. store in the Mill Street Station next to Clark’s Market in Aspen is closed and is not expected to reopen.

The closure of the store, which offered mailbox rentals and shipping and copying services, is ultimately the result of the death of Jim Oliver in February 2008. Oliver was the owner of the franchise and well-known as the owner a St. Bernard named Waldo, who is now being cared for in Emma.

“I know they were trying to sell it for a while,” said Diane Amsden, who has been managing the store since Oliver’s death.

Becca Andrews, a spokeswoman for Mail Boxes Etc. and The UPS Store, which are jointly held, confirmed that the Aspen store had in fact closed and the franchise agreement has been terminated.

“At this time for that particular location, there is nothing in the pipeline,” Andrews said.

She added, however, that the company considers Aspen a good market and that if a new store were to open, it would open as The UPS Store.

“We’re always looking for good real estate,” Andrews said.

Amsden said a lawyer for Oliver’s estate directed her to close the store except to allow those who have rented a mailbox to come in and collect their mail.

She said there were about 115 people who had mailboxes at the store, which is near the Aspen post office. As soon as all the box holders have been notified, the store will close its doors for good.

“We’re going to be liquidating everything,” Amsden said.

Amsden said she has also heard that there were discussions about a similar type of store opening in the same retail complex, but she couldn’t provide more details than that.

M&W Properties, which owns the Mill Street Station, was also unable to provide any information on Monday.

In another change to Mill Street Station, Take 2 Video moved in mid-December from its corner location next to Mail Boxes Etc. to a smaller space inside the building next to Clark’s Market.

“Smaller rent, smaller space, more traffic and overall, a good move,” said Tim Boyer, owner of Take 2 Video.

Boyer said he is now only renting DVDs of movies and is selling all his old videotapes for 50 cents each and donating all the proceeds to Pathfinders, a local program that aids cancer patients.

Take 2 Video has been in business in Aspen since 1989.

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