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Former Smithland Supply Store Sells to Multi-Unit Garden Center

Matt Halprin, president of New England Retail Properties, Inc., closed the sale of the former Smithland Supply Pet & Garden Center at 1198 Queen St., Southington, CT. The buyer, Van Wilgen Garden Mart, paid $3.2 million.

Van Wilgen Garden Mart is a family-owned, multi-unit garden center founded in 1920. It operates at locations in Branford, North Branford, Clinton, Old Saybrook and Guilford, CT.

The former Smithland Agway fit the buyer’s profile of strong locations servicing their communities. It was owned by an investment group out of New York.

Smithland had operated 15 locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts and closed at the end of June 2025. New England Retail Properties was the exclusive broker for the owners.

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