AVONDALE — For years, artist and Avondale resident Lynn Basa has been on a crusade to fill the empty storefronts along Milwaukee Avenue and make the stretch vibrant again.
For Basa’s latest effort, she’s enlisted another artist, David Orozco, to paint a mural at 2901-2903 N. Milwaukee Ave., a vacant and boarded up building.
It will depict Blue Goose grocer, a small business that called the now-vacant building home in the 1920s, back when vacant storefronts were rare on the stretch of Milwaukee.
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The Strand will move into Book Culture's old Upper West Side storefront | 6sqft
After a long and dramatic saga, the Upper West Side’s Book Culture closed for good last month, but come March, the storefront at 450 Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets will have a new beloved book store as a tenant. The Strand announced yesterday that third-generation owner Nancy Bass Wyden signed a lease for the space, which will be renamed The Strand at Columbus Avenue.
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Book Culture on Columbus on Thursday 1/9/20 during a rally to save the store, taken by 6sqft
Holland Clock Co.
HOLLAND — The Holland Clock Co. closed up shop Monday, Feb. 3, but the owner plans to move to another location on Eighth Street.
The closure of the clock company, previously located at 21 E. Eighth St. in downtown Holland was due to the building owner's development plans to renovate the building and adjacent building into five two-story apartments.
Holland Clock Co. Owner Dan Winebrenner said he hopes to re-open in early May in a new location on Eighth Street. He said he is still working on finalizing the location, but it is "not too far away."
NYC Mayor Pushes Vacant-Storefront Tax to Aid Small Business
New York City landlords with empty storefronts would face a vacancy tax intended to prod them into leasing the space to small businesses, under a proposal being developed by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeff Harrington at jharrington@bloombergtax.com ; Kathy Larsen at klarsen@bloombergtax.com
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Sometimes Cornejo represents tenants looking for space to lease, sometimes he represents landlords looking to lease a space or sell their building. In either case, it's about matchmaking.
"A landlord hires me, they tell me here's my vacant space, my first job is to think what type of tenant would love this location," Cornejo says. "If I'm a successful agent, I'm not actually looking just for vacant space, I'm looking for the right location. The business owner has to believe in the location. If the person doesn't feel like their customer base is there…"
Prairie Sky Breads takes root in downtown Minot
MINOT, N.D. – For the past half-decade, Prairie Sky Breads has been serving the people of Minot, but without its own brick-and-mortar location.
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"It's been wonderful adventure, and something that we have been working towards for a very long time," said Jazmine Schultz, co-owner.
"I think we were open to possibilities but the idea of being downtown was really appealing to us. We have a lot of friend's downtown here. There's just a culture here that we are excited about. So yeah, we looked elsewhere but downtown kind of is the spot for us," said Schultz.
After many ups and downs, the Bird in Loring Park is closed - StarTribune.com
Members of the Minnesota Rovers Club ski across Lake Gegoka back to the Lodge after a morning on the trails.
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After several attempts to get her Loring Park restaurant to take off, Twin Cities restaurateur Kim Bartmann is grounding The Bird. According to an Instagram announcement posted this week, the restaurant's storefront is shuttered.
The Bird first opened as Third Bird in 2014, an eclectic, upscale restaurant located just off Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis. In January of 2017, the Bartmann Group attempted a shortlived rebrand as Bearcat , a more casual, bar-focused establishment. By February, the Bearcat concept was canned . In April of that year, the space reopened as Early Bird , a breakfast and lunch restaurant later renamed The Bird.
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