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Home-Related Retailers Expanding Nationwide
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Home-Related Retailers Expanding Nationwide Mattress Discounters Inc. trades as Mattress Discounters at 300 locations in CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MI, PA, VA and Washington, DC. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 4,000 sq.ft. in freestanding and pad locations. Expansion will take place in existing markets during the coming 18 months. Leases running five years plus options are typical. Demographic requirements include a population of 150,000 within five miles earning $40,000 as the average household income. For more information, contact Dennis Weiss, Mattress Discounters Inc., 9822 Fallard Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772; 301-856-6755, Fax 301-599-8157; Web site: www.mattressdiscounter.com. Best Mattress operates 12 locations in PA. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 3,000 sq.ft. in strip centers and freestanding and downtown locations. Expansion will take place in PA during the coming 18 months. For more information, contact Vince Snyder, Best Mattress, 1761 Golden Mile Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146; 412-220-9166, Fax 412-220-8015. N. Siperstein Inc. trades as Siperstein’s at 22 locations in CT, MA and NJ. The home improvement stores occupy spaces of 10,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Expansion will take place in CT and NJ during the coming 18 months. The company only acquires sites. For more information, contact Steve Siperstein, N. Siperstein Inc., 415 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3396; 201-333-2215, Fax 201-333-2299. R.H. Kuhn Co. trades as Roomful Express Furniture at 12 locations in OH, PA and WV. The home furnishing and bedding stores occupy spaces of 45,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations. Plans call for two openings in the existing markets during the coming 18 months. The company is looking to expand in eastern OH, western PA and northern WV and is not interested in neighborhood strip centers. Typical leases run seven years. Preferred demographics include a population of 100,000 residing in a five-mile radius.For more information, contact R.H. Kuhn Co., 55th and AVRR, Pittsburgh, PA 15201; 412-784-1250 Ext. 303, Fax 412-799-0743. Eclectic Furniture operates four locations in FL and GA. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 3,500 sq.ft. to 5,000 sq.ft. in lifestyle centers. Plans call for six to eight openings in the metro Atlanta, GA area and the southeast during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years and the company prefers to cotenant with Home Depot.For more information, contact Palmer Bayless c/o The Shopping Center Group, 3101 Towercreek Parkway, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30339; 770-955-2434, Fax 770-951-0054; Email: pbayless@ccim.net. For more information about expansion in FL, contact Marc Sullivan c/o The Shopping Center Group, 995 North State Road, Suite 434, 2710 Altimonte Springs, FL 32714; 407-788-0543, Fax 407-788-0971. Wilshire Paint Co. operates nine locations in CA. The home improvement stores occupy spaces of 5,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations. Expansion will take place in Bakersfield and Modesto, CA during the coming 18 months.For more information, contact Darrell Edwards, Wilshire Paint Co., 745 Fulton Street, Fresno, CA 93721; 559-268-6690, Fax 559-268-6694. Paragon Industries Inc. trades as Bedrosians at 28 locations in AZ, CA, CO, FL, NV and WA. The specialty stores, featuring ceramic tile and natural stone, occupy spaces of 15,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations. Growth opportunities are sought in southern FL and the western states during the coming 18 months. The company describes typical customers as building industry professionals. For more information, contact Ara Movesian, Paragon Industries Inc., 4285 North Golden State Boulevard, Fresno, CA 93722; 559-275-5000, Fax 559-275-1753; Web site: www.bedrosians.com. Wickes Furniture Co. trades as Wickes Furniture and Wickes Furniture Clearance Center at 38 locations in CA, IL, IN, MN, OR, PA and TX. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 40,000 sq.ft. in malls, freestanding locations and strip centers. Expansion opportunities are sought in the existing markets during the coming 18 months.For more information, contact Michael Fink, Wickes Furniture Co., 351 West Dundee Road, Wheeling, IL 60090; 847-541-0100, Fax 847-541-0157; Web site: www.wickesfurniture.com. Brandon Importing Co. trades as Brandon’s at 15 locations in AZ, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, MO, NV, NJ, NY and TX. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 20,000 sq.ft. to 70,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations. Expansion opportunities are sought nationwide during the coming 18 months. The company is licensing.For more information, contact Jim Brandon, Brandon Importing Co., 231 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480; 561-659-1040, Fax 561-659-6167; Web site: www.brandonhomefurnishings.com. W.S. Badcock Corp. trades as Badcock Home Furnishing Centers at 350 locations in AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, and TN. The home furnishing stores occupy spaces of 12,000 sq.ft. to 18,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. The company plans to open 12 stores annually, with expansion taking place in AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC and TN. For more information, contact Ronnie Stone, W.S. Badcock Corp., PO Box 497, Mulberry, FL 33860; 863-425-4921, Fax 863-425-7593. Finnaren & Haley operates 29 locations in DE, NJ, NY and PA. The home improvement stores, which sell complete painting supplies, occupy spaces of 2,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Plans call for two openings a year in DE, NJ and PA. Typical leases run 10 years and a vanilla shell is required. For more information, contact Regina Pakradoni, Finnaren & Haley, 915 Washington Street, Conshohocken, PA 19428; 610-825-1900, Fax 610-825-1184. |