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-Save A Lot on Broad Street has announced their pending closure on June 1st, 2019. The store is located in the former Shaw's Supermarket. The store opened in 2011 after Shaw's closed their Connecticut location. No news yet on whether another store will take over the space or the adjacent vacant spaces. -Payless Shoesource has officially closed their store at the Manchester Parakde. The store closed last month after a short store liquidation. -Sean's Fine Jewelry will close their Main Street store by the end of June. The owners of the store previously owned 41 Closets, which closed last year. -Cavey's has closed their restaurant, the restaurant has been purchased by Geno Auriemma, and he plans on opening another restaurant of his own in the space. Auriemma has been a patron of Cavey's for years leading up to their closure. -The Adams Mill officially closed late last month. That restaurant was purchased by Eli Restaurant Group. Eli Restaurant Group is planning on opening their own restaurant in the space after renovations. -Dress Barn will close their Roz & Ali store located at The Plaza at Buckland Hills later this year. -Parable Brewing Company has closed their Manchester brewery. Their building had been sold; and they were unable to move to a new location at the time. -Soarin' Indoors has closed their Manchester recreational center. They were located next door to Parable. Opening: -Los Sarapes on Main Street has officially changed their name to Mexico Lindo! New signage has been installed. -A new sports bar and restaurant will open in the Parkade. Negril Sports Bar & Restaurant will open in a vacant space in the 'L' of the plaza. -A new brewery, Urban Lodge (formerly White Porch) will open this summer on Purnell Place! -Blue Moon Mediterranean Grille has opened next door to their Hookah bar, Blue Moon Hookah! The restaurant is located in Ollies Plaza on Broad Street. -The owner of Vernon Auto Sales (Hairam Ventures LLC) is attempting to get approval to open a used car dealership at the former Backroads Bar & Grill on Spencer Street. Business News: -The Subway at 288 Center Street has a new owner. The new owner will continue to use Subway branding. -Antonio's Pizza on Main Street will move to a new location! Antonio's has purchased the former Fani's Kitchen near Webster bank. The restaurant is expected to open later this summer. -The owners of Shoprite in Manchester, The Cohen Family/Waverly Markets, will open a new Shoprite in Vernon! The new grocery store will take over the former Price Chopper space later this year with a targeted opening of late fall/early winter. The Pharmacy will remain open during the renovations. -All Star Liquors is moving from their Deming Street location to the former Thiele Chiropractor office on West Center Street! -Work on the new Subway on Spencer Street is progressing, the restaurant is now sporting the new logo and branding for new concept stores. -Members of Planet Fitness/Cardio Express may have noticed more members at both Manchester locations recently; this was due to the temporary closure of the Vernon location. The Vernon location has been receiving a major renovation; and had been closed until the 24th. -Plaza Azteca has officially announced their pending move into The Shoppes at Buckland Hills under the new name Toro Azteca! We recently reported that both Plaza Azteca and Toro Azteca would operate at the same time, and at the time that was the information given to us by Plaza Azteca. Their Hale Street/Slater Street location will close once the new mall location is open. -Kimlar Developers is attempting to build 32 new residential units at 699 Middle Turnpike East, the units would be in 6 separate buildings located in the parking lot of the State's office building. The parking for the State's office would be reconfigured to allow the buildings. The proposed housing is up for approval tomorrow, May 29th, in front of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Author Announcements: As most of you know, this site is free to view, we don't charge monthly subscriptions to view our content like Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer do. The mission of this site is to get information out to the people; while promoting small businesses that many wouldn't otherwise know of. Running this site is expensive though, so to help support our growth and our continued success, we have launched an online site through Teespring that sells branded merchandise! 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The Save A Lot Grocery store in Manchester will close next week! The store will close on June 1st according to a sign on the door. The grocery store is located in the former Shaw's Supermarket space on the corner of Broad Street and East Center Street. The Save A Lot store opened in 2011 after Shaw's Supermarket close all of their Connecticut stores. Many stores were sold to Stop & Shop or ShopRite, but the Manchester store closed and was replaced by Shaw's sister company, Save A Lot. Stop & Shop has a location diagonal from Save A Lot; while ShopRite has a location on Spencer Street, 2 miles away from Save A Lot. The grocery stores were owned by SuperValu which acquired 169 Shaw's and Star Market stores, and Save A Lot in 2006 from Albertson's. Save A Lot occupied 21,500 square feet according to marketing information from Northeast Retail, the leasing agent of the property. The two adjacent vacant spaces are 17,400 square feet and 26,200 square feet. The combined store space of the three space (once occupied by Shaw's) is 65,100 square feet. The chain of grocery stores is currently looking to sell itself to another company after the company was sold to Onex from SuperValu/Albertson's in 2012. The chain recently began the search for a buyer to buy the struggling company. The Broad Street building that Save A Lot was located was sold earlier this year, the owners Overland Manchester sold the property to MTM Development for nearly $10 million. There has not been a formal announcement as to the future plans for the site. Dress Barn, a subsidiary of Ascena Retail Group, announced today that they will wind-down their operation this year. The move will close over 650 stores covering the Dress Barn brand. The announcement was made of May 20th, with the online store and physical store remain open at the moment while liquidation is planned. Dress Barn will close all remaining store this year, and appears to include the Dress Barn spin-off Roz & Ali. Roz & Ali was started in 2017 when Dress Barn began to renovate stores under the new marque; the store is named after Dress Barn founders Roslyn and Elliot Jaffe. We will update this story when the closure of Roz & Ali is confirmed. Dress Barn was founded in 1962 in Stamford, Connecticut; the founders sold low-cost woman's apparel when women were beginning to enter the workforce; they sold clothes out of an old barn-style building. The company continued to expand; acquiring companies like Catherine, Maurices, Cacique, Lou & Grey, and Lane Bryant. Dress Barn acquired Tween Brands, the parent company of Justice and Limited Too (formerly L Brands.) The purchase of the company closed in 2009, with Limited Too converting all their stores to the Justice brand by the end of that year. The company accepted an offer to acquire ANN inc; the parent company to Ann Taylor and Loft; eventually closing on the purchase in 2015. In 2019, Dress Barn, now know as Ascena Retail Group, announced their sale of the struggling Maurices brand to a private equity firm. Ascena announced the closure of their flagship brand on May 20th. Dress Barn has area locations Willimantic, at the Eastbrook Mall, and another location in Enfield at Brookside Plaza. Roz & Ali has area locations in Manchester, Connecticut at the Plaza at Buckland Hills, a location at Westbrook Outlets in Westbrook, CT, and another location at Corbin's Corner in West Hartford, Connecticut. The Roz & Ali locations still sport signs with their designated name, but interior signage has been transitioned back to Dress Barn branding. The Roz & Ali website now directs back to Dress Barn's home site. Charlotte Russe will reopen their Manchester location! The announcement was made on the mall's website with the retailer listed as coming soon! The retailer closed their location last month after a very short liquidation period. Charlotte Russe will reopen their Manchester location at The Shoppes at Buckland Hills. The store was/will be located on the second level of the mall across from Victoria Secret. The store is nearly one of the mall's larger clothing stores remaining behind the anchor tenants. The woman's clothing chain was owned by Advent International, who purchased the chain is 2009 for nearly $300 million. The chain began to struggle with high debt to equity, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year, and changed to Chapter 7 bankruptcy a month later. The chain began liquidation in March; with the last day to use giftcards being March 21st. The chain was purchased at auction by liquidator SB360 before liquidation started. The chain had almost 9,000 employees at the time of liquidation. The intellectual property was sold to YM INC, a Toronto-based retail group, who plan to reopen 100 Charlotte Russe stores in the coming months. The Shoppes at Buckland Hills is one of the first to be announced. Charlotte Russe first opened in San Diego in the mid 1970s, before expanding to their large size in the late 1990s and early 2000s while other mall retailers expanded into woman's and men's clothing. Closing: -Hannoush Jewelers will close their Buckland Hills location once their new location in South Windsor is completed. -Under $5 will close their Buckland Hills store. The store was located on the second floor near Macy's. The store is currently 10-20% off. -It appears that Mix Box, an accessory store in the mall, will be closing their doors. The store has liquidation banners and is selling their fixtures. -Payless is still in the process of closing their Buckland Hills store. -Regis has closed their salon inside the Buckland Hills Mall. The salon was located on the first level near Macy's. The salon's sister company, Master Cuts, still has a salon near Sears. Opening: -Charlotte Russe will reopen their location at the mall. The chain closed all their stores when they filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. The chain has new owners who plan on reopening 100 stores including the Buckland Hills location! -A new tattoo studio will open at the Buckland Hills Mall. The location is unknown at this time; but we have reached out to Mall Management for more information. -Smoothie Naturale will open in the former Dairy Queen/Hardcore Sweets location on the second level of the mall! The space was previously supposed to be the home to Juicy J Juice Bar, who cancelled their Manchester location last year. -MyWay, a fast food restaurant, will open in the food court of the Buckland Hills Mall. The new restaurant will serve a variety of fast foods. -Toro Azteca, a Plaza Azteca restaurant. will open in the former Bertucci's space later this year. The space is now well under renovation with the interior being transformed from Italian style to Spanish. -Seventh Sense Botanical Therapy, a CBD Retailer, will open a location at the mall. The location is shown as the former Sweet U kiosk, though this is not confirmed. -BJ's Brewhouse is ramping up their construction near the mall; the exterior of the building is done, construction will now move to the interior. -Carnival Craze has opened their kiosk at the Buckland Hills Mall! The kiosk is located at the center court near Rainbow. -Marshall's will move from their current location in the PC Richard's plaza into The Plaza at Buckland Hills. Marshall's will take over the former Toys R Us space. -K&G Fashion Superstore will also occupy a portion of the former Toys R Us space! The store is currently well under construction! -Costco is planning a store at Evergreen Walk! The store, which is currently proposed, would be built behind LA Fitness. Other Buckland News: -Nail Studio located on the first floor near Sears has changed their name to Style Nail & Spa. -Work has been started for the adventure park, Urban Air, which will be replacing the former Bob's Store in the PC Richard's Plaza. New air conditioner units have been installed. -The Verizon store on Deming Street are reopened after getting a facelift! -According to people familiar with the matter, two new national tenants are planning Manchester stores at the mall, and soon the former Crazy 8s space will be filled with a current tenant of the mall! The tenant is still unknown, but we will update when more information is available. -There are rumors swirling about Aldi planning a store near Evergreen Walk, as part of a current development underway; once I get the complete scoop, I will update you. -All Star Liquors, located on Deming Street, will move from their current location to 200 West Center Street in Manchester! The store is currently located next door to AT&T; the new location will be the former Thiele Chiropractor. The Price Chopper in Vernon will close! The Price Chopper located at Tri-City Plaza in Vernon will close on May 28th. An email to employees announced the closure today at 2pm. The store is located in the former Ames space, and before that WT Grants. Price Chopper will close the decade old store, but will be replaced by another chain store, Shoprite. The Shoprite will be operated by Waverly Markets, owners of both the Manchester and East Hartford Shoprite locations. Employees of Price Chopper are being offered jobs at their sister locations in Newington, Storrs, and Windsor. Waverly Markets will work with employees of Price Chopper to place them at the Vernon store. In a statement to the press Mona Golub states “It’s never easy to close a store, but imperative to make business decisions that support the company’s continued health and growth." No other Price Chopper location will be affected at this time. The former store will be subdivided to accommodate another retailer as well. TJX Companies' Homesense will open in a nearly 28,000 square foot portion of the store. This will be Homesense's second Connecticut location, behind their future location in Enfield in the former Bob's Store. |
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