North Conway, NH Matt Halprin principal of Conway Development Partners LLC, completed the ground up development for the new Tractor Supply Co. store at 170 North-South Rd. across from the new roundabout entrance to Settlers Green Outlets and Market Basket. The new store consists of 19,097 s/f of retail space along with 20,000 s/f of fenced outdoor display, sales space and a new garden center. This will be Tractor Supply’s 21st store in the state.
Based in Nashville, Tractor Supply has more than 2,200 stores nationally and is one of the largest rural lifestyle retail store chains in the U.S.
Conway Development Partners LLC is based in Wethersfield, CT. and acquired the land June 23, 2023. They are a division of New England Retail Properties, Inc. which was founded in 1987 as a shopping center brokerage and development company. They have been involved in more than 65 Tractor Supply stores expansion in New England and New York state.
A team contributed to the success of these projects. Financing was handled by Matt Krokov of Peoples Bank in Holyoke, MA; the architect was Glen Oxford of Oxford Architecture in Nashville, TN; New Hampshire civil engineering was handled by Sam Malafronte and Kevin Solli of Solli Engineering of Norwood, MA; WR Newman of Nashville, TN was the general contractor; Matt Darling of Palm Coast Capital was construction coordinator for the developer and Tom Moriarty, Esq. of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood P.C of Glastonbury, CT was legal counsel.
Tractor Supply Company is the largest operator of rural lifestyle retail stores in America. Founded in 1938 as a mail order tractor parts business, Tractor Supply Company (also referred to as TSC) owns and operates over 2,150 stores and 177 Petsense stores in 49 states supplying basic maintenance products to home, land, pet and animal owners.
A niche market of farmers, horse owners, ranchers, part-time and hobby farmers, and suburban and rural homeowners, as well as contractors and tradesmen. TSC stores are located primarily in towns’ outlying major metropolitan markets and in rural communities.
At TSC, customers find everything they need to maintain their farms, ranches, homes and animals. As the inventors of the “do it yourself” trend, our customers handle practically every chore themselves, from repairing wells to building fences, welding gates together, constructing feed bins, taking care of livestock and pets, repairing tractors and trucks and building trailers for hauling. TSC’s products include: clothing, equine and pet supplies, tractor/trailer parts and accessories, lawn and garden supplies, sprinkler/irrigation parts, power tools, fencing, welding and pump supplies, riding mowers and more.
Photo credit: Rachel Sharples Photo