builder's square

This particular Builder's Square store was added around 1990.

Gold Circle would later close and was replaced with a Builder's Square that has also closed.

The motif of Thomas the saint, is a fan of three spears with a builder's square.

It now operates 2,163 Kmart and Builder's Square home improvement stores.

Besides Kohl's and formerly Builder's Square, other tenants over time have included:

The Builder's Square store was 106,000 square feet and ultimately was demolished to make room for Kohl's.

A Home Depot is under construction and a similar chain of building supply discounters called Builder's Square has applied for a building permit.

"But at Builder's Square, I feel like I get in and out a lot quicker and I get a 5 percent commercial account discount.

At that meeting, shareholders voted down a partial spinoff of the company's specialty stores - Sports Authority, Office Max, Builder's Square and the Borders and Waldenbooks chains.

Prior to Kohl's arrival in the plaza, it was known as Builder's Square Plaza as Builders Square was the only big box store in the plaza.

"Kmart has virtually washed its hands of Builder's Square," said Sheldon Grodsky, an analyst with Grodsky Associates Inc. "The real potential winner in this is the buyer.

In the specialty hard goods sector, same-store sales fell 13 percent at the Hechinger Company, 10.1 percent at Builder's Square and 7 percent at the Bombay Company last month.

The former HQ/Builder's Square was partially converted to Steve & Barry's in 2006, replacing a Steve & Barry's which closed at Great Lakes Crossing.

Directors may vote to spin off three of the company's specialty store chains - the Sports Authority, Borders and Walden Books bookstores and Office Max - and sell the fourth, Builder's Square.

Marvin P. Rich, the executive vice president handling strategic planning and financial and administrative issues, will add the company's two specialty store businesses, the Borders book and music stores and Builder's Square, to his responsibilities.

"In the past year we acquired a Home Depot, a Builder's Square and a Pace Club," said Mr. Pellegrini, referring to another shopping club, whose parent company is Kmart of Troy, Michigan.

Kmart has more than 4,000 retail outlets including not only Kmart but also the company's specialty store chains - the Sports Authority, Borders and Walden Books bookstores, Office Max and Builder's Square.