Walgreens will close five locations on the city's South and West Sides in February, impacting people who rely on the stores for medication and other necessities. The closures are part of the first round as Walgreens plans to shut down 12,

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

Back in October, Walgreens announced the closure of 1,200 unprofitable stores around the U.S. In Chicago specifically, five Walgreens locations will shut down between February 17 and February 27, all of them on the South Side. Here is a list of the stores that will be closing:

The Deerfield-based pharmacy giant plans to close as many as 1,200 in the coming years, with 5 Chicago stores on the latest list.

Walgreens announced it was closing a dozen stores in San Francisco because of what it called "increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures" in the latest round of retail store closures in the city.

Walgreens says it will close five stores on the South and West sides of Chicago next month, drawing criticism from local leaders. The stores are in the neighborhoods of Chicago Lawn, Little Village, South Chicago,