ANN ARBOR, MI-Borders Group Inc., based here, has asked a bankruptcy court in New York City to allow it to close more stores if the company isn’t able to work out new leases. The company originally asked in a motion last week to close 51 stores, though attorneys have already begun pulling certain sites off the list as deals are worked out.

The company said in the filing that if the leases aren’t changed or extended, the company must clear out the inventory and liquidate the stores, per a $505 million debtor-in-possession lending agreement from GE Capital.

The company announced in February that as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy it would close more than 225 stores countrywide, about 30% of its total 642 stores in the US and Puerto Rico. Most of these that have since closed were deemed by the company to be underperforming. However, most of the 51 listed in the recent filing are “among the most profitable in the portfolio, or have leases which are under market,” according to the motion. The court is supposed to hold a hearing on the motion on June 20.