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Effective Date: October 1, 2025

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A Springfield, Mass.-based hardware store chain has acquired a former Manchester-based garden center that closed in May.

Rocky’s Ace Hardware, which bills itself as one of the country’s largest family-owned Ace Hardware dealers, acquired the former Smithland Pet & Garden Center location at 33 Adams St. for $2.1 million. The original asking price for the property had been $3 million.

When it  closed, Smithland had a main building on the site of nearly 13,500 square feet as well as just over 5,000 square feet of greenhouse space. Brian Bowler, the director of marketing for Rocky’s, said the main building will be renovated and expanded before Rocky’s opens in the Manchester location in March.

The Manchester store was one of 13 Smithland locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts that closed in May.

The first of those shuttered [...]

Where history meets opportunity — this distinctive property blends the character of a converted barn with the flexibility to serve as either a professional office or a potential two bed residential conversion (contingent upon zoning approval).

A Connecticut garden center chain is purchasing the former Smithland Pet & Garden Center store in Southington, the first property to be sold after Smithland announced closures this summer across Connecticut.

Van Wilgen’s Garden Center paid $3.2 million for Smithland’s location at 1198 Queen St. in Southington, according to commercial real estate brokerage firm New England Retail Properties. A Van Wilgen’s representative could not be reached immediately Tuesday for details on the purchase.

“A lot of people were interested in it,” said Conor Langan, a broker with New England Retail Properties. “The majority were for that kind of use, as a garden center, and these guys were the first ones to jump on it.”

On its website, Van Wilgen’s says it is targeting a spring 2026 opening in Southington. The location is a mile north of Queen Street’s main [...]