About Us
Your neighbours, your friends, your community partners.
Our Story
GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre is owned by five local partners Ken Zantingh, Henry DeKlerk, Bert Mulder, Wes Zantingh, and Nate Mulder. Much growth and change have taken place over almost three decades since GrandErie Ltd. first started up in 1989 as a feed mill.
Committed to the needs of our community, you can usually find the owners working side by side with our friendly and approachable staff as they serve Haldimand and Niagara customers. Our hope is that all of our visitors will find a full range of quality products with friendly small-town service.
Like all Home Hardware Building Centre’s, our inventory includes lumber, hand and power tools, paint, plumbing, electrical supplies and an extensive selection of building materials, along with housewares, decor, automotive items, lawn and garden supplies, giftware, toys, seasonal live goods, and many other must-have home items.
In addition to all those areas – and unique to GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre– is an expansive Pet department, Wild Bird section, Greenhawk Equestrian, Farm & Country agriculture division and the largest Home Hardware Garden Centre in Canada!
With a dedication to excellence in product quality and customer service that has made Home famous, GrandErie strives to ensure your perfect home or rural project, gift idea, or everyday gardening and household item can be found, right here, in Dunnville!
GrandErie Through the Years
1989
Armstrong Milling opens a feed store at 205 South Cayuga Street in Dunnville.
1993
Henry DeKlerk becomes a partner and GrandErie Ltd is started.
1996
Bert Mulder becomes a third partner.
Home Hardware purchased by Grand Erie Ltd.
1999
Broad St. properties purchased for relocation of Home Hardware business.
2008
Business products and services expanded to include a Lumber Building Centre.
2009
Greenhawk Equestrian equipment and supplies are added to our list of offered products.
2010
Grand Opening of our new location, combining Farm & Country, Home Hardware and Lumber.
Our Old South Cayuga Street location of Farm & Country is now exclusively Grand Country Garden Gallery.
2012
Our retail floor space expands to 20,000 square feet, making room for additional seasonal, plumbing, and kitchen products.
2015
Land adjacent to the back end of Broad Street properties purchased.
2016
Land clearing and site preparations begin on the back end of our Broad Street property.
Grand Country Garden Gallery closed for the season one last time at Old South Cayuga St. location.
2017
Indoor renovations were completed over the winter, increasing our square footage and product selection in every department at GrandErie. Walls were moved back and warehouses were converted to retail floor space.
We built a second Lumber warehouse, a Lumber Entrance and a yard expansion to include bulk pits and more.
We built and opened our full-sized GrandErie Garden Centre with greenhouse ranges, outbuildings and parking.
2018
GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre celebrates 25 years of serving the community.
2019
GrandErie Ltd. opens Garden City Home Hardware in St. Catharines, formerly known as Kala's Home Hardware.
2020
In partnership with Harvey Armstrong Ltd., GrandErie Ltd. team opens Armstrong’s Home Hardware in Binbrook.
2023
GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre celebrates 30 years of serving the community.
