Submitted by daniel on Tue, 24/12/2024 - 08:00 Picture Image Description The new owners of Homebase plan to transform retailer’s stores earmarked for closure. It was announced last month that Homebase had collapsed into administration. But CDS Superstores, the parent company of The Range and Wilko, were able to salvage 70 of the popular retailer’s store. Now, they have outlined plans to keep those stores in business. The new owners are planning to transform the Homebase stores into The Range Superstores, with revamped branches set to open in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Christchurch, Bournemouth and Birmingham on January 17, 2025. That initial roll out will be proceeded by the launch of up to 10 new stores every single month next year in a move which they hope will revitalised Homebase. Revamped stores will feature ‘Garden Centres by Homebase’ and certain locations will include ‘Kitchens by Homebase’ to ensure the retailer’s brand name remains present throughout the stores. CDS Superstores hope to convert 70 Homebase locations into the new format by the end of 2025 – opening up a possible 1,600 jobs. Chief Executive of CDS, Alex Simpkin, outlined his intentions to preserve the best aspects of Homebase in the company’s new format. He said: ‘While those Homebase stores acquired by CDS will continue to trade as they are during the transition period, we’re focused on ensuring a seamless transfer of these locations into our new store format.’ The Homebase brand will continue to trade online under its new ownership. After the company’s announcement of their collapse into administration in November, they confirmed that six of their sites – in Sutton Coldfield, Bromsgrove, Cromer, Fareham, Newark and Rugby, would close before the year ends. Further stores in Derry, Inveruri, Omagh and Glenrothes will also all close in the coming months. Hilco Capital, Homebase’s owner, put the retailer up for sale in July just a few months before they entered administration. At that point, there were 141 Homebases nationwide. A figure which includes 10 stores purchased by Sainsbury’s. Once all of those stores are closed, Sainsbury’s plan to convert the units into new supermarkets. Full list of the 74 Homebase stores placed on the market last month Abingdon, Oxfordshire Alnwick, Northumberland Altrincham Retail Park, Manchester Junction One Retail Park, Antrim, Northern Ireland Barnstaple, Devon Basildon, Essex Basingstoke, Hampshire Shane Park, Belfast Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Battery Retail Park, Birmingham Bishop Auckland, County Durham Bracknell, Berkshire Enterprise Five Retail Park, Bradford Branksome, Poole Bridgend Retail Park, Bridgend, Wales Broadstairs, Kent Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk The Orbital Retail Centre, Cannock, Staffordshire Horsted Retail Park, Chatham, Kent Cheltenham Greyhound Retail Park, Chester Discovery Park, Chichester Colchester Stanway, Colchester Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry Rushmore Retail Park, Craigavon Daventry, Northamptonshire Wyvern Retail Park, Derby Dumfries, Scotland Halbeath Retail Park, Dunfermline, Scotland Farnham Retail Park, Farnham Folkestone, Kent Drumkeen Complex, Belfast Retail World, Gateshead Gloucester Hamilton, Scotland Hanworth, Feltham, London Harlow, Essex Eddington Business Park, Herne Bay, Kent Tyne Valley Retail Park, Hexham Heath Retail Park, Honiton Hove, Brighton & Hove Hull Leamington Spa Ledbury, Herefordshire Moor Allerton Centre, Leeds Letterkenny, Republic of Ireland Lewes, East Sussex London Catford London Streatham Vale Luton South Aylesford Retail Park, Maidstone Milton Keynes Navan Retail Park, Republic of Ireland Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire Norwich Hall Road Norwich Sprowston Madford Retail Park, Nottingham Oban, Scotland Oldbury, West Midlands Wyndham Retail Park, Portishead Romford, Essex Saffron Walden, Essex Sleaford, Lincolnshire St Albans Sudbury, Suffolk Wrekin Retail Park, Telford Truro, Cornwall Tunbridge Wells Upton, Wirral Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire Waterford, Republic of Ireland Wolverhampton Worcester Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: Shops catch fire after car ‘rammed’ into supermarket’ and ‘oil was poured over it’ Arrow MORE: Student who ‘wanted to know what killing felt like’ guilty of murdering woman on beach Web Link Full list of 70 Homebase stores saved from closure - Metro.co.uk Metro.co.uk