Dead Stores and What's There Now in My Area

[Marc82]

I live in Southington, Connecticut. Here's some of the dead stores and what's there now in my area.

BRISTOL:

Bradlees - Torn Down in late 2003/early 2004. Replaced by Super Stop & Shop. (Moved from the other end of the same Plaza).

Old Super Stop & Shop in that Plaza - Job Lot moved in November 2005.

Caldor - Big KMART opened in Summer 1999, closed in 2002. Price Chopper opened January 2004.

Waldbaums on Rte 6. - Closed in 1998 or 1999. Big Lots opened in February 2003.

Rickel closed I don't remember when. The store was subdivided into a Pergament Home Improvement Center and a vacant store. Pergament closed and Sears Hardware moved in. Salvation Army Thrift store moved into the other half of the old Rickel.

PepBoys - They only lasted a couple years. Rumor has it the employees were robbing it blind.  Now its a Harley Dealership.

SOUTHINGTON:

Caldor - Walmart.

Big KMART - Closed in 2002 when Bristol Store Shut Down. Price Chopper opened January 2004.*

Zayres/Ames - Bed Bath Beyond/Bob's Discount Furinture now share the space. Once these tenants moved in they renovated the entire plaza.*/**/***

*Lots of people in Southington were disappointed Shaw's Supermarket didn't take either the old KMART or old Ames spot. As the Southington Shaw's is small and outdated.
 
**A friend of mine who is friends with the owner of the ShopRites in Bristol and Waterbury told me that they were looking at the old AMES Store to open another ShopRite. They decided against it as they thought the new store wouldn't do as well as the Bristol and Waterbury stores do. That would've been funny if ShopRite had taken the old AMES becuase the TJ Maxx in the Plaza was once a ShopRite.

***This Ames was supposed to become Bed, Bath, Beyond along with Bob's Clothing. However shortly after Bob's announced they were opening they announced they were bankrupt and sold the company to TJ Maxx.

New Britain:

Caldor - Became the new Walmart. The old Walmart was in former Price Club location in a bad neighborhood, where there wasn't any other retailers. It was mostly a residential neighborhood. The old Walmart is now a Webster Bank Training Center.

[Caldor1999]

hmm hears soem stores aorund me

Bradlees Yonkers now  a Stop & Shop

Caldor Yonkers Now a kohls

Sterns Yonkers ny now a Macys

Montgomery Ward White Planes Became A Macys now home to the city center whitch tagrte fileens basment restruns and a few outher stores and 2 30 story apparment buldings

Office Max WHite planes ny moved to the city center now vacant

Saks 5TH Ave white planes ny now a fortan off

Caldor White planes ny now a kmart

JC Penny white planes ny now a sears

Sears White planes ny stand alone location soon to be a wal mart :mad:

Bradlees Elmsford NY now a Sams Club

Caldor bedford Hills ny now a kohls

Barkers beford hills ny now a Shop Rite

Huffman Koos Mount Kisco ny now some outher furnture store

Basken robbions Mount Kisco NY burned down now a ride aid

Silo Mount Kisco NY clsoed in 1994 became a book store now home to a new A&P and Target

Service Merchandise Yorktown NY clsoed in 1999 half is now a H&M

Caldor Yorktown ny now a Kmart

Waldbaums Peekskill ny now a marshalls

Jamesway Peekskill ny now a Wal Mart

Grand Union Mount Kisco NY now a Stop & Shop

Caldor Mahopac NY now a Kmart

Ames Carmel NY still Vacant

Grand Union Carmel ny Still vacant

Jamesway Fishkill ny Still vacant

Service Merchandise South Hills Mall now used as a mall entrance still vacant though

Media Play South Hills Mall still vacant

Filene's Danbury CT Still vacant

Filene's Stamford CT still Vacant

Service Merchandise Danbury CT still Vacant

Caldor Stamford CT now a BCF

Caldor Newingtion CT Soon to be a stew Lenords

Service Merchandise Newingtion CT now a Sticky and Auidda

Service Merchandise Eastchster ny still vacant i believe

Lord & Taylor Eastchster NY soon to be vacant

Caldor Middletown NY still vacant

Macys Nauite Mall soon to be vacant

Bradlees New City NY still Vacant

Waldbaums New City NY still vacant

Pizza Hut New City NY Still Vacant

Burger King Nyack NY Still vacant

Woolwoth Nyack NY sighs still up and all but its some market now



thats all i can pretty much think off

[AmesNewington]

Newington CT:

Name of store:                 Closed:       Replaced by/year:

Bradlees                           1996           WalMart/2001
Nobody Beats The Wiz     1998            Torn down
Caldor                              1999            Stew Leonards/2007
Ames                                2002            Price Chopper/2005
Lechmere                         1997            Jo Ann/Big Lots/1999
KB Toys                            2004            Modell's/2005
Media Play                       2004             Bob's Stores/2004
Office Max                        2004            Office Depot/2006
Levitz                               2006            Still Vacant
Krispy Kreme                    2005            Still Vacant
Frank's Nursery                2002            Vacant
Heartland Drug                1997            Best Buy
Heartland Warehouse     1997            Raymour and Flanigan
Service Merchandise        2002            Stickley Furniture

Will update if not complete

[KyleRF]

Caldor: West Paterson, NJ changed to Kohl's in 1999
Jamesway Rockaway, NJ changed to Ames in 1995 and now is TJ Maxx
Steinbach: Wayne, NJ (Willowbrook Mall) changed to Lord and Taylor in 1998
Stern's: Wayne, NJ (Preakness Shopping Center) changed to Macy's in 2001
Stern's: Wayne, NJ (Willowbrook Mall) changed to Bloomingdale's in 2002
Bradlees: Wayne, NJ changed to Kohl's in 2003
Bradlees: Totowa, NJ changed to Bed Bath and Beyond in 2003
Hahne's: Rockaway, NJ changed to Lord and Taylor in 1980

[ameskmart1]

Boise, ID

Albertsons                                       (Franklin Rd.)- demolished, land now Fred Meyer
Albertsons/Gart Sports                           (Apple St.)- divided between Sports Authority/Hastings
Albertsons/Skaggs/Osco Drug/Payless Drug         (Vista Ave.)- unknown
Payless Drug/Factory4U                           (Fairview Ave.)- still vacant
Payless Drug                                     (Apple St.)- now Rite Aid
Great Western/Best Products                      (Fairview Ave)- now Mor Furniture
Coast To Coast/True Value                        (Cole Rd.)- now various stores
Kmart                                            (American Blvd.)- now various offices
Kmart                                            (Parkcenter Blvd.)- still vacant
Buttrey Food/Mac's Crafts                        (Fairview Ave.)- Gold's Gym coming 2006
Buttrey Food/IGA                                     (Lake Hazel Rd.)- now Paul's Market
Buttrey Food                                 (16th Ave.)- divided between KBCI-TV/Napa Auto Parts
Buttrey Food                                     (Five Mile Rd.)- now Albertson's
Buttrey Food                                     (Fairview Ave.)- now Savers Thrift Department Store
Buttrey Food                                     (Orchard St.)- now Albertson's
Buttrey Food                                     (Overland Rd.)- now Albertson's
Lamonts For Kids                                  (Boise Towne Sqare Mall)- now various stores
Ernst Home & Nursery/Liquidation World           (Fairview Ave.)- still vacant
Office Depot                                     (Capitol Blvd.)- still vacant
Future Shop                                      (Millwakee St.)- now Big 5 Sportings Goods
Costco Wholesale                                 (Frankin Rd.)- Cabbela's coming 2006
Pic 'N' Save/Big Lots                            (Franklin Rd.)- still vacant
HomeBase                                         (Franklin Rd.)- divided between TJ Maxx 'N More/Best Buy
TJ Maxx                                          (Millwakee St.)- one half Dollar Tree other half still vacant
Safeway                                          (State St.)- now Rite Aid
Safeway                                          (Vista Ave.)- now Albertson's, old building demolished replaced with new building
Safeway/Herman Sports/Sunset Sports              (Fairview Ave.)- still vacant
Safeway/Waremart Foods                           (Cole Rd.)- demolished
Waremart Foods                                   (Fairview Ave.)- now WinCo Foods
Waremart Foods                                   (Myrtle St.)- now WinCo Foods
Waremart Foods                                   (Overland Rd.)- unknown
Ultimate Electronics                             (Millwakee St.)- still vacant
Gart Sports                                      (Millwakee St.)- now Sports Authority
Emporium                                         (Overland Rd.)- still vacant
Emporium                                         (State St.)- still vacant
Golden Rule/The Bon Marche                       (Idaho St.)- now Macy's
The Bon Marche                                   (Boise Towne Square Mall)- now Macy's
Z.C.M.I                                          (Boise Towne Square Mall)- never built due to Z.C.M.I.'s rule to never open on Sundays
Smith's                                          (Maple Grove Rd.)- never completed due to Kroger/Smith's merger, now Ford Car Lot
Smith's                                          (Cole Rd.)- divided between Ace Hardware and various stores
Smith's                                          (Broadway Ave.)- divided between a car wash and various stores
Smith's/Pedersen's Sports                        (Overland Rd.)- now Liquidation World
Smith's/Shaver's/SavOn Drugs/Crane Creek Market  (Bogus Basin Rd.)- now Ridley's
Grand Central/Fred Meyer                         (Orchard St.)- still vacant
D'Alessandro's/Max Foods                         (Chinden Blvd.)- still vacant
United Furniure Warehouse                        (Glenwood Ave.)- still vacant
Eagle Home Center                                (Fairview Ave.)- now Grocery Outlet
Greenbacks All-A-Dollar/Dollar Tree              (Millwakee St.)- still vacant

[XISMZERO]

Originally posted by Marc82
I live in Southington, Connecticut. Here's some of the dead stores and what's there now in my area.

New Britain:

Caldor - Became the new Walmart. The old Walmart was in former Price Club location in a bad neighborhood, where there wasn't any other retailers. It was mostly a residential neighborhood. The old Walmart is now a Webster Bank Training Center.

They closed that Wal-Mart? I used to go to Price Club all the time. Are you sure that was a Caldor (before Price Club)?

[coolbabes]

There is a great site (not mine) that has made an extensive list with as much information as he can get about old stores and what they are now in the Framingham/Natick MA area (menu of stores on the left:
http://framinghamnatickretail.com

[mikey1972]

Hi.  I live in Ogdensburg (Northern New York) and we have a lot of good stores that have closed.  Here's a sample of Ogdensburg's retail landscape:

Ames, Park Plaza (1971-96): Still vacant.          
Kmart: Park Plaza (1976-90): Still vacant.
           Gateway Plaza: Closed 1997; demolished 2004 for Lowe's.

Fay's Drugs: Park Plaza (1971-91): Still vacant.
                    Gateway Plaza (1991-2000): Became Eckerd in 1997, closed in
                    2000.  Became Dollar Tree in 2005.

Jubilee Foods (IGA): Park Plaza: Closed 1996, still vacant.

Great American: Park Plaza: Closed 1992, still vacant.

[mikey1972]

We used to have a few supermarkets in our downtown area in O'burg.  The original old A&P is now a workshop, as is the downtown former Chicago Markets, which coincidentally, was preceded by A&P.  The old Loblaw store later became a workshop, too, before becoming our post office from 1989-99.  It's been vacant since the post office moved out and is up for sale.

As for department stores, the Newberry store is a combination bar & art gallery, the old Woolworth later became The Surprise (a locally-owned department store) and the old Empsall's (another North Country store) later became a bank, and is now an accountant's office, with apartments upstairs.