ABOUT US

We believe in Quality, Values and Affordable Auto Parts to Everyone !!!   Same as it was when it  was Originally Founded.

FOREST CITY AUTO PARTS was ORINGINALLY  founded by Albert Bellowe in 1927 with a single store in Akron, Ohio called South Main Auto Parts. By the mid 1950’s, Albert Bellowe was joined by his son Stanley Bellowe and soon thereafter his other son Arnold Bellowe joined the business as well. By the mid 1960’s Albert relinquished control to his two sons. In 1961 Forest City added their second location in Cleveland, Ohio which had the name of FOREST CITY AUTO PARTS.

By 1969, FOREST CITY AUTO PARTS  bought 7 existing stores across northern Ohio. Purchasing existing businesses was a slow and tedious process. In order to expand more quickly and efficiently, the brothers decided to set up all future locations themselves from scratch.

Up until the 1970’s auto parts stores were typically a ‘mom & pop’ type of business. Each auto parts store was normally individually owned by someone living in the neighborhood, and there were very few auto parts chains. As a result, FOEREST CITY AUTO PARTS was among the top 10 auto parts chains in the country for most of those years.

Throughout the 70’s, FOREST CITY AUTO PARTS added many new locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania & New York. In 1978, Stanley Bellowe’s son Gary Bellowe added the first store within their new market of Chicago. He officially joined the company in 1980 and expanded the Illinois and Wisconsin locations.

IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO BRING THIS NESTAGIC COMPANY BACK TO LIFE! LET THE SAVINGS BEGIN.