Hackett’s signs lease agreement for LP store
GEORGE EARL , For the News
LAKE PLACID — The Patrick Hackett Hardware Company announced on Sept. 26 that it will open an 11th store location in Lake Placid, filling the retail space in the Cold Brook Plaza formerly occupied by Tops Friendly Markets.
President and CEO Norman Garrelts said Hackett’s, a regional department store, has signed a lease agreement valid until February 2016 for the 41,000-square-foot premises off Saranac Avenue. Garrelts said the store should be open for business by the spring of 2009.
The former Tops supermarket has been vacant since December 2005 when the grocery store closed many of its North Country locations.
“We try to do something unique in every store over and above the primary merchandise arrangement,” Garrelts said. “We are looking to do some departments we don’t carry in any other stores.”
Garrelts said his store would carve out unique market areas rather than compete with existing businesses.
“We don’t want to get into competing with Main Street,” he said. “We want to offer things that are added to the market area instead of taking from someone else.”
Garrelts said the challenge in Lake Placid will be to serve all demographics.
“It’s hard when you go into a tourist area,” he said. “You want to cater to tourists but at the same time you don’t want to disappoint the townspeople.”
Hackett’s roots go back to 1830, when it was a ship’s chandlery, wholesale supplier and hardware store. At various times, it sold things as diverse as railroad equipment, building and plumbing supplies, tin, steam fitting equipment and metal plumbing items. Today, the store specializes in name brand merchandise, clothing and especially footwear, as well as hardware items.
Enterprise Staff Writer Nathan Brown contributed
to this report.
POSTED: October 2, 2008
LAKE PLACID — The Patrick Hackett Hardware Company announced on Sept. 26 that it will open an 11th store location in Lake Placid, filling the retail space in the Cold Brook Plaza formerly occupied by Tops Friendly Markets.
President and CEO Norman Garrelts said Hackett’s, a regional department store, has signed a lease agreement valid until February 2016 for the 41,000-square-foot premises off Saranac Avenue. Garrelts said the store should be open for business by the spring of 2009.
The former Tops supermarket has been vacant since December 2005 when the grocery store closed many of its North Country locations.
“We try to do something unique in every store over and above the primary merchandise arrangement,” Garrelts said. “We are looking to do some departments we don’t carry in any other stores.”
Garrelts said his store would carve out unique market areas rather than compete with existing businesses.
“We don’t want to get into competing with Main Street,” he said. “We want to offer things that are added to the market area instead of taking from someone else.”
Garrelts said the challenge in Lake Placid will be to serve all demographics.
“It’s hard when you go into a tourist area,” he said. “You want to cater to tourists but at the same time you don’t want to disappoint the townspeople.”
Hackett’s roots go back to 1830, when it was a ship’s chandlery, wholesale supplier and hardware store. At various times, it sold things as diverse as railroad equipment, building and plumbing supplies, tin, steam fitting equipment and metal plumbing items. Today, the store specializes in name brand merchandise, clothing and especially footwear, as well as hardware items.
Enterprise Staff Writer Nathan Brown contributed
to this report.
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