Forget the exotic – no marijuana shops, thank you – residents want much of the same.
Given the chance to gain the ear of landlord Kevin Foley, Belmont residents said the best options for the Macy's site would be another department store, a food retailer or redesigning the site so it can house a number of upscale operations. That is the result of a poll in and comments sent to Belmont Patch after the announcement Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 that the 75,000 square-foot store – in the same location on Leonard Street for 71 years – was closing. "There has always been a department store or two in Belmont," wrote Marsha Knoll. "Why not keep a proven 'anchor store' here, which brings business into our good town." In the poll, replacing Macy's with another large retailer such as H&M was the top vote getter among those who voted. Right…
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Pick from a few selections or add your own suggestion. The results will be posted Monday.
Now that Macy's has made it official that it will be closing its iconic Belmont Center store after 71 years in the same location, the question now on many people's minds is: what's next? In someways, at 75,000 square feet and with several levels and floors, the building will be a tough one to rent to a single retailer. And while the idea of multiple stores at the location is equally tricky since the landlord, Kevin Foley, will need to mix and match the right combination or there could be empty spaces in the building as weak operations fail. So, what do you think? Below are a few suggestions:
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Joe
11:33 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
Why not a marijuana "dispensary"? It's what the town/state's majority voted for in the last election. But now that it passed, people are like no not in my town/backyard, should have thought of that before you voted for them. more ›