Starbucks runs its own stores, and with retailers wilting across the U.S., landlords stuck
with vacant storefronts are starting to cut rents.
But Starbucks runs its own stores, and with retailers wilting across the U.S., landlords stuck
with vacant storefronts are starting to cut rents, Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz said in a memo last month.
Not exact matches
Some of malls»
vacant storefronts will come back to life
with nontraditional retailers.
The main drag was lined
with vacant lots and boarded - up
storefronts.
Israeli - Danish artist Tal R first became preoccupied
with the aesthetics of the
storefront four or five years ago, when he walked past an art shop displaying a
vacant frame in the window: «It is a bit of a cheesy metaphor, the idea of the empty frame, but it reminded me of a pop song,» he says, as he prepares for a new exhibition of his paintings at Victoria Miro.
One part show and one part elaborate public experiment, the show will spill out of these galleries into the surrounding neighborhood
with projects that include public murals, art on area billboards, installations in
vacant storefronts, performances in the streets, and events at nearby community gardens.
Selected artists filled this formerly -
vacant storefront with site - specific works that explored the street and neighborhood's unique history of commerce and culture, and envisioned West 8th Street's rebirth as a mixed - use destination corridor, engaging the community in critical dialogue around its future.
Business groups attracted about 25 pop - up
storefronts to fill the
vacant spots,
with everything from art exhibits, boutique stores, and even a pinball machine museum.