After more than 97 years in business on the ground floor of the former Wilson’s Department Store on Main Street, Cleary Jewelers agreed to relocate in a settlement agreement it reached with MassDevelopment, the Franklin Community Co-op and Community Builders, Inc Thursday evening. The settlement come in the midst of a years-long conflict between the jewelry store and its landlord. MassDevelopment, which filed a complaint in court to evict Cleary in August, acquired the former Wilson’s Department Store in 2022 with plans to expand and relocate Green Fields Market into the building’s first floor, turning the upper floors into 65 mixed-income rental apartments.
