Channel Home Centers

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Channel Home Centers based in Whippany, New Jersey [1], was a chain of home improvement stores in the northeastern United States. The company was owned by W.R. Grace until 1986 when Channel's executives bought the company through a leveraged buyout. The purchase included other home centers under W.R. Grace located in the southeastern US, among them "Handy City." The company stayed in business until the mid-1990s, when the company was absorbed by Rickel. Nearly all the Channel stores were converted into Rickels, with the ones that were in close vicinity to Rickel stores shuttering altogether. The rest of the stores closed in 1997 when Rickel went out of business.

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Delaware

Wilmington, DE Route 2 (Currently Best Buy)

Connecticut

East Haven, CT - Off Rte. 1, presently Homegoods and Xpect Discount
Enfield, CT - Later Bradlees and currently Barnes & Noble and Marshalls
Manchester, CT - Located at the Manchester Parkade
West Hartford, CT- Chinese food store
Brookfield, CT

New Jersey

Belleville, NJ - Franklin Avenue; later Rickel
Cedar Grove, NJ - Pompton Avenue
Chester, NJ (Now Staples)
Cinnaminson (Main Line Shopping Center)
Clementon, NJ (Now Big Lots / J&G Motors)
Clifton, NJ - later Rickel, now Drug Fair and Dollar Tree
Emerson, NJ Emerson Plaza strip mall (became other retail, demolished 2006)
Edgewater Park, NJ - Still connected to pathmark, building still set, intact. Available 2007
Flemington, NJ - Opened as appliance store, then demolished and center expanded to new retail.
Hackensack, NJ Main Street (Now Staples)
Hamilton Square, NJ, Route 33 (Now Staples/Sports World/Big Lots)
Hamilton Township, NJ, Yardville Hamilton Square Road (Now Cost Cutters)
Lodi, NJ - 105 Terhune Ave (Now Allstar Pharmacy & a laundromat)
Livingston, NJ near the Livingston Circle (Now Staples)
Middletown, NJ Route 35 (Currently Staples)
Old Bridge, NJ US 9 South Gateway Mall (Currently Marshalls)
Paramus, NJ Route 17 South (Now Barnes & Noble)
Park Ridge, NJ Ridgemont Shopping Center(ex-Builders Emporium, then Rickel, now Staples)
Parsippany, NJ Route 46 (Now Cost Cutters)
Phillipsburg, NJ, Route 22 West (in Hillcrest Mall, much of which is a medical complex as of 2007)
Ramsey, NJ, Ramsey Square Route 17 North. Now Staples
Randolph, NJ (Route 10)
Springfield, NJ (Route 22)
Toms River, NJ - Route 37 East, now Stop & Shop (original structure demolished)
Totowa, NJ (Largest Store in Chain) Now Bob's Stores, Linens 'n Things, Babies R' Us
Vineland, NJ (Landis Avenue)
Whippany, NJ (Route 10) - Corporate offices

Maryland (area locations needed)

Brooklyn, Md Ritchie Highway
Perry Hall, MD Perry Hall Crossing, Rt. 1 (Now Goodwill)

Massachusetts (area locations needed)

Chelmsford, MA Chelmsford Mall
Springfield, MA Five Town Plaza (now Big Y)

New York

East Meadow, NY East Meadow Mall, Route 102 Front Street- Now Marshall's
Nanuet, NY Route 59 East (Was Office Depot, now other retail)
New York City, NY - (3 locations) 2nd Avenue/Lexington, W. 79th Street, E. 81st Street
North Syracuse, NY, Airport Plaza, 3803 Brewerton Road; Now a P&C Foods
Sayville, NY Sunrise Highway, Now a Babies R' Us
Selden, NY Middle Country Rd. - Currently Bob's Stores
Yonkers, NY - Cross County Shopping Center - Now a National Wholesale Liquidators store
Johnson City, NY -

Pennsylvania

Brookhaven, PA - Now Sav-A-Lot
Levittown/Bristol, PA, 3895 New Rodgers Road (PA413) - Currently U-Stor-it self storage
Fairless Hills, PA, 500 Lincoln Hwy - Currently PathMark
Flourtown/Erdenheim, PA - later Rickel, then Dollar Tree, now demolished
Norristown, PA
Philadelphia, PA
- Aramingo Ave. - Currently National Wholesale Liquidators
- Boulevard Plaza - torn down, now part of a parking lot for Target and Petsmart
- St. Vincent St. - Briefly converted to Rickel, now National Wholesale Liquidators
Springfield, PA Sproul Road, Currently Staples
Warminster, PA Street Road, Demolished and now a Walmart