The decision to permanently close Neiman Marcus' flagship location in Downtown Dallas is final, the department store's corporate parent said Tuesday. The historic retailer is slated to close on March 31.

Saks Global is unmoved on its intention to close the downtown Dallas Neiman Marcus store as it pushed back against local efforts to save the site. “Our decision to close the Neiman Marcus Downtown Dallas store is final and we are moving forward as such,

The city of Dallas cleared up the supposed ground-lease dispute the parent company tried to use as an excuse to close the store.