Builders Square 1463

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Builders Square#1463
Store number1463
Address1520 Wooster Avenue
CityAkron, Ohio
OpenedJuly 3 1986
Closed1999
ReplacedKmart#4258
Replaced byTops


Coordinates: 41°04′32″N 81°31′48″W / 41.07547°N 81.52993°W / 41.07547; -81.52993

The interior of the store. (Courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal).
The Builders Square sign being prepared for placement on the building. (Courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal).

Builders Square #1463 was a Builders Square home improvement store located at 1520 Wooster Avenue in Akron, Ohio.[1]

The store originally opened as Kmart#4258 on April 17,1969.

After doing a market study, Kmart determined a home improvement store was better suited for the area.

Kmart closed on April 26,1986.

Builders Square opened on July 3 1986.

Builders Square closed all their Northeast Ohio locations in 1999.

Tops Markets bought the site a year later and opened on August 30 2000.

After declining sales, Tops closed in 2004 and the site is still vacant.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Builders Square By State", License Agreement between HomeOwners Mortgage and Equity, Inc., November 27, 1996. Exhibit 10.22, HomeCapital Investment Corporation, annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, via sec.gov.