Kichler Lighting plans to lay off 85 workers

Interior lighting fixture Cleveland company Kichler Lighting will move out of its longtime home in Independence to Solon, and in the process eliminate 85 jobs.

The 80-plus-year-old company plans to close its distribution center on East Pleasant Valley Road between April and June of next year.

The layoffs will happen in phases, starting in the first quarter of 2022,