Ace Hardware operates 4,800 locations nationwide. The hardware stores, offering tools, lawn and garden, electrical and home improvement supplies, occupy spaces of 12,000 sq.ft. to 20,000 sq.ft. in endcaps, freestanding locations and inline centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout northern CA during the coming 18 months, with representation by Metrovation Brokerage. Preferred cotenants include grocery stores.

For more information, contact Christine Firstenberg, Metrovation Brokerage, 580 2^nd Street, Suite 260, Oakland, CA 94607; 510-839-4000, Fax 510-465-4472;
Email: cfirstenberg@metrovation.com;
Web site: www.metrovationbrokerage.com.

Royal Doulton trades as Royal Doulton Company Stores at 12 locations nationwide. The stores, offering dinnerware, crystal and gifts, occupy spaces of 3,000 sq.ft. in outlet centers. Plans call for two openings nationwide during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years. A vanilla shell is required. Preferred demographics include a population of 900,000 within 30 miles earning $60,000 as the average household income. Competition is cited Lenox, Mikasa and Waterford.

For more information, contact Janet Drift, Royal Doulton, 200 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873; 732-357-2416, Fax 732-764-4978;
Email: janet@royaldoultonusa.com;
Web site: www.royaldoulton.com.

Country Curtains Retail, Inc. trades as Country Curtains at 24 locations throughout CT, DE, IL, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VA and VT. The stores, selling home furnishings, window treatments and related accessories, occupy spaces of 3,500 sq.ft. to 5,000 sq.ft. in lifestyle centers as well as downtown/urban and freestanding locations. Growth opportunities are sought throughout MA, NJ, NY and VA during the coming 18 months. Preferred demographics include a trade-area population earning an average household income of $75,000. Typical leases run five years. A vanilla shell is required.

For more information, contact Marilyn Hansen, Country Curtains Retail, Inc., 705 Pleasant Street, Lee, MA 01238; 413-243-1474, Fax 413-243-0616;
Web site: www.countrycurtains.com.

Italian Tile operates at eight locations throughout CA, NJ and NY. The home improvement shops, offering ceramic tile and fixtures, occupy spaces of 3,000 sq.ft. to 5,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Plans call for three openings throughout CT, NJ and NY during the coming 18 months, with representation by Landmark Real Estate Co., LLC. Competition is cited as Home Depot and Lowe’s Home Improvement.

For more information, contact Larry Liebowitz, Landmark Real Estate Co., LLC, 20 West Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 8, Ridgewood, NJ 07450; 201-560-1800, Fax 201-390-8383;
Email: ll@landmarkreco.com.

Grimes Ace Hardware Co., Inc. trades as Handyman Ace Hardware at eight locations throughout OH. The hardware stores occupy spaces of 15,000 sq.ft. to 17,500 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Plans call for one to two openings within 50 miles of Dayton, OH during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years with three, five-year options. A vanilla shell and tenant improvement allowance are required. Preferred cotenants include drug and grocery stores. Competition is cited as Home Depot and Lowe’s Home Improvement.

For more information, contact Ed or
David Grimes, Grimes Ace Hardware
Co., Inc., 11 North Grand Avenue,
Fairborn, OH 45324; 937-879-0141, Fax 937-879-1177.

Tuesday Morning, Inc. trades as Tuesday Morning at 810 locations nationwide. The stores, offering upscale household items at discount prices, including bed and bath items, books, garden accessories, luggage, art and frames, dinnerware and stationary, occupy spaces of 5,000 sq.ft. to 10,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations, malls, lifestyle, power, strip and value centers in addition to urban/downtown areas. Growth opportunities are sought nationwide during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years with two, five-year options. A vanilla shell is required. Preferred demographics include a population of 100,000 within five miles.

For more information, contact
Melissa Dean, Tuesday Morning, Inc.,
6250 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX
75240; 972-387-3562;
Web site: www.tuesdaymorning.com.

Schiller Stores, Inc. trades as Le Creuset Store and Le Creuset Outlet Store at 42 locations nationwide. The shops occupy spaces of 1,500 sq.ft. to 2,500 sq.ft. in downtown areas, freestanding locations, lifestyle, outlet and specialty centers. Growth opportunities are sought nationwide during the coming 18 months.

For more information, contact Vikki Maggi, Schiller Stores, Inc., 114 Bob Gifford Boulevard, Early Branch, SC 29916; 803-943-4308, Fax 803-943-4657;
Email: vmaggi@lecreuset.com.

General Paint Corp. trades as General Paint at 80 locations throughout Canada. The home improvement shops occupy spaces of 4,000 sq.ft. in freestanding locations and strip centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout Ontario, Canada during the coming 18 months. Typical leases run five years with a five-year option. Preferred demographics include a population of 100,000 within five miles.

For more information, contact Philip Jewell, General Paint Corp., 950 Raymur Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
V6A 3L5; 604-253-3131, Fax 604-253-3136; Email: pjewell@generalpaint.com.