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Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett. Referred to by many as "the Bloomingdale's of discounting," [ 1 ] Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Chester , New York, into a regional retailing giant. [ 2 ]
A vacant West Deptford, NJ Bradlees store in 2007, this was a former Jefferson Ward location that Montgomery Ward sold to Bradlees when they decided to discontinue the chain. This location space is now occupied by multiple stores. In early January 2001, the chain started their liquidation sales, and the final store closed on March 15, 2001.
Numerous locations elsewhere across the state as well. Steven West acquired the company, and stores had an unfortunate tendency to burn down. [202] Felder's Department Store Trenton [203] L.H. Field's Department Store, Jackson, Muskegon 122 years, clsing in 1987. [227] [193] Gambles (1949 - 1966), Sault Ste. Marie [228]
The following year, the mall big-boxed the wing, turning much of it into an Old Navy store along with replacing Service Merchandise with a Circuit City store. After the departure of Bradlees in 2001, the store's former lot remained vacant until its demolition in 2002, with the former mall entrance being repurposed as an outdoor entrance.
Incidentally, Home Depot opened a store on the same plot of land Two Guys occupied in the mid-1990s (after Two Guys went out of business, the Totowa store was subdivided and redeveloped into a shopping center anchored by Bradlees; Bradlees later moved to a newly built store, and the part of the old Two Guys building it had occupied was ...
Hawley Lane Mall opened in 1971 with two anchor stores, Caldor (featuring a two-story design and belt escalators) and a Waldbaum's supermarket. Other, smaller stores such as B. Dalton booksellers and Hawley Lane Shoes have also called the mall home. A third anchor store, Sage-Allen took up residence
Evacuation orders were downgraded in El Dorado County, California, on Monday, September 6, after fire crews reached 44 percent containment on the 216,358-acre Caldor Fire the same day.This footage ...
The store was soon expanded to 7,500 and then 10,000 square feet, and was replaced in 1962 with a 45,000 square foot unit directly behind it. A second Zayre store opened in September 1956 in the Roslindale section of Boston, a much larger 39,000 square feet. Within a few years, Zayre stores would average 70,000 to 90,000 square feet.