And I was happy to see Brookstone was going into the old Sharper Image site but then looked closer.
It's for the holidays and only for the holidays.
Word has it Brookstone wanted to negotiate a permanent store location there but Plaza management said "No", as always. They'd rather pretend they are the high-end retail location they want to be, rather than be realistic and fill the space.
That should sound terribly familiar since they did the same thing to Meiner's, what? 5 or 6 years ago?
Instead of giving that terrific little store/restaurant a financial break, they preferred to throw them out and have it closed up--empty--ever since. Area residents on the Plaza needed a little grocer, sure, and they were a great tenant. The bistro they ran was fun and attractive and served reasonably-priced and good food but negotiate a lower lease?
Oh, heck no.
That just makes too much sense.
The space would be full, sure, and people could do commerce and we'd still be making money but not the highbrow money we want. That would never do.
Talk about pretzel logic.
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