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 Buy Out. 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.
Former locations
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Delaware
- Wilmington, DE Route 2 (Currently Best Buy)
Connecticut
- Enfield, CT - Later Bradlees and currently Barnes & Noble and Marshalls
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)
- 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 (Now Staples)
- Hamilton Square, NJ, Route 33 (Now Staples/Sports World/Big Lots)
- Hamilton Township, NJ, Yardville Hamilton Square Road (Now Cost Cutters)
- 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
- Whippany, NJ (Route 10) - Corporate offices
Maryland (area locations needed)
- Perry Hall, MD Perry Hall Crossing, Rt. 1 (Now Goodwill)
Massachusetts (area locations needed)
- 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
- 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, being demolished by end of 2007)
- Norristown, PA
- Philadelphia, PA Aramingo Ave. Currently National Wholesale Liquidators
- Springfield, PA Sproul Road, Currently Staples
- Warminster, PA Street Road, Demolished and now a Walmart
Texas
