Cool store hopes to stay in its neighborhood

After 10 years at its current location in the nation’s capital, neighborhood staple Glover Park Hardware is closing its doors on Wisconsin Avenue. The store’s official last day of business at its current location is scheduled for Jan. 15. 

Glover Park Hardware opened in 2005, the second of nine Ace Hardware stores opened in D.C. and Baltimore by A Few Cool Hardware Stores’ owners Gina Schaefer and Marc Friedman. 

The company is actively looking for a new location.  

The owners decided to relocate the 7,000-sq.-ft. store when they were unable to renegotiate the lease, which expires at the end of the year. “We have really enjoyed our spot in Glover Park but it’s time for us to move. We love our Glover Park Community and are committed to reopening in this neighborhood,” says Schaefer.