Frank's Nursery and Crafts

[Caldor1999]

they just closed 2 mounths ago but im not sprised they did cause there stores were outdated and old some even saying Franks Nursey and Crafts wich they stoped doing befor the chain went out i have one picture of a Frankes G.O.B in CT proveing that there stores were out dated

[store215]

Yep. All their stores looked pretty ratty and selection was pretty poor. It does leave quite a few spots of empty real estate...I had three stores in my area.

[Anonymous]

The Frank's in East Harford was a nice store. Now it became a DAY CARE Center.

[store215]

I read something on Google News a week or so ago that said Franks was now "restructuring" and they may be coming back...they still own 40 of their properties...not leased

[AmesNewington]

Once again, Newington CT saw Frank's Nursery. It was behind the old Lechmere on the Berlin Turnpike where Totally Kids Furniture is now. They closed a few years back because kids that worked there scammed the store and sold items to their friends for free. I liked that store though. It smelled nice with all the flowers.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by MBZ321
I read something on Google News a week or so ago that said Franks was now "restructuring" and they may be coming back...they still own 40 of their properties...not leased

76fanAmesmanBBTB

Yes I've read that somewhere too,It's under an article named "Frank's Not Finished?" it's on GPN.com Greenhouse Product News the articles from January 24, 2005 that's only four month's ago not that long ago!

[Caldor1999]

Franks again

[storehistoryguy]

I did a ton of shopping at the Horsham Pa. branch. :roll:

[AmesNewington]

It wonders me if they're re-opening. Both the Southington and Farmington locations are empty, but still has the Frank's sign up. I liked that store.

[Caldor1999]

dose anyone else have pictures cause im the onely one who seems to have pictures of the G O B  sale

[LazarusFan]

There were a couple of stores in the Columbus area.  They closed up just before Christmas of 2004.  Most of the stores were in old, outdated locations that were in the wrong, not popular shopping locations in the city.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by LazarusFan
There were a couple of stores in the Columbus area.  They closed up just before Christmas of 2004.  Most of the stores were in old, outdated locations that were in the wrong, not popular shopping locations in the city.

u shoul;d get some pictures

[storehistoryguy]

Here is the news on them shutting down.

Frank's Nursery & Crafts is Shutting Down

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) - The Frank's Nursery and Crafts chain is going out of business.

The lawn-and-garden retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time and says it plans to liquidate and hold store-closing sales.

Frank's Nursery operates 169 stores in 14 Northeastern and Midwestern states, including 13 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

In a filing with the bankruptcy court, the company's CEO says the chain has been losing money due to a long list of factors, including general weakness in the economy, unfavorable weather and declining sales of Christmas trees at its stores. The retailer was carrying more than $140 million in debt as of August eighth and had about $124 million in assets.

Frank's has about 3,900 employees.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Here is the news on them shutting down.

Frank's Nursery & Crafts is Shutting Down

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) - The Frank's Nursery and Crafts chain is going out of business.

The lawn-and-garden retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time and says it plans to liquidate and hold store-closing sales.

Frank's Nursery operates 169 stores in 14 Northeastern and Midwestern states, including 13 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

In a filing with the bankruptcy court, the company's CEO says the chain has been losing money due to a long list of factors, including general weakness in the economy, unfavorable weather and declining sales of Christmas trees at its stores. The retailer was carrying more than $140 million in debt as of August eighth and had about $124 million in assets.

Frank's has about 3,900 employees.

i also nodiced how there were many homedepots located near a fransk store too at one point they had they had over 200 locations

[storehistoryguy]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by storehistoryguy
Here is the news on them shutting down.

Frank's Nursery & Crafts is Shutting Down

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) - The Frank's Nursery and Crafts chain is going out of business.

The lawn-and-garden retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a second time and says it plans to liquidate and hold store-closing sales.

Frank's Nursery operates 169 stores in 14 Northeastern and Midwestern states, including 13 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

In a filing with the bankruptcy court, the company's CEO says the chain has been losing money due to a long list of factors, including general weakness in the economy, unfavorable weather and declining sales of Christmas trees at its stores. The retailer was carrying more than $140 million in debt as of August eighth and had about $124 million in assets.

Frank's has about 3,900 employees.

i also nodiced how there were many homedepots located near a fransk store too at one point they had they had over 200 locations

Home Depot? Not really. The Frank's that WAS in Horsham Pa. just got a new Lowe's built half a block away from there old building, but that wasn't until after they closed.

[Zayre88]

They emerged from Chapter 11 - see story:

TROY, Mich. - July 29 - Frank's Nursery & Crafts announced that on July 27, its second amended Chapter 11 plan of reorganization became effective and it has formally emerged from Chapter 11. The reorganized company will operate as a real estate development company under the name FNC Realty Corp.

FNC Realty will retain approximately 42 parcels of real estate for development and will continue to hold certain other properties until they can be sold.

[store215]

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB


YAHOO! FRANKS IS BACK!:bigsmile:

When are they opening?

Sadly, it looks like they are not coming back as a retail store company is just a "real estate company" now.

[Caldor1999]

hears somem pics

[Caldor1999]

a vacant fr anks

[Caldor1999]

Another closed franks

[Caldor1999]

GOB sale at franks

[Caldor1999]

anouther pic

[tokensafari]

Here is a Frank's Trailer

[tokensafari]

Buggy

[storehistoryguy]

There last sign was kind of fall like, you know the season. They also dropped the crafts part.

[Zayre88]

The new Marden's in Waterville, ME has an entire fleet of Frank's Nursery carts, like this one:

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by Zayre88
The new Marden's in Waterville, ME has an entire fleet of Frank's Nursery carts, like this one:

there carst are verey junky looking

[storehistoryguy]

Older Frank's sign. They also had another before this one. This one was more of a facelift from the previous one.


http://www.integrity-com.com/HighWeb/Clients.htm

[d_fife]

here is franks in yonkers ny

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137889044&subNum=10214000034

[XISMZERO]

I have an abandoned/dilapidated Frank's about a minute from my house in Farmington. If anyone wants pics I'll go down there. I'll have to be careful because it's being occupied by some contractors I think. There's another one in Plainville/Southington, CT border -- abandoned. If anyone remembers, Frank's used to be called "Flower Time".