Complex sentence: Eaton closed in 1998, just one year before the whole chain went bankrupt, and its former space is now occupied by Sears Home, Bureau en Gros and Sports Experts/Atmosphere since the early 2000s.
Split into simpler sentences: Eaton closed in 1998, just a year before the whole chain went bankrupt. Eaton's former space is occupied by Sears Home, Bureau en Gros and Sports Experts/Atmosphere since the early 2000s.