Northwood News ♦ June 2006

Is Kugler’s Going or Staying?

By Jacquie Bokow

In February of last year, the Northwood News reported that Sam Kugler’s House of Linens was moving out of the Woodmoor Shopping Center to relocate by June to a new, larger store across from the VEIP emissions testing center a few miles north off Route 29.  But they haven’t moved yet.  I spoke recently with Mr. Kugler and asked him why his store was still open at Woodmoor.

When conversing with him informally in his store (admittedly, without identifying myself), Kugler blamed the county for delays in permitting for construction and even the sign for the store, which he said took months (a by-product of Clarksburg, perhaps?).  During a later phone conversation, however, he didn’t mention any such problems.

Their new building is already constructed, but right now they’re “putting in flooring, lighting, bathrooms, things of that nature,” said Kugler.  “We’ll continue to be in Four Corners until the landlord finds a new lessee.”  As Kugler’s lease runs another two years, he indicated they may stay that long at Woodmoor, even though the new store will open between August and September.

“We may possibly run both stores for two years,” he said.   ■