Walgreens will close five Chicago stores next month, part of the Deerfield-based pharmacy chain’s plan to shutter 1,200 locations by 2027.

CHICAGO — 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. Chicago Walgreens locations expected to close between Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 include:

The closures are part of the first round, as Walgreens plans to close 12,000 stores in the next three years. A Philadelphia sports fan, who went on a misogynistic tirade against a female Green Bay Packers fan in viral video,