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Originally Posted by LAofAnaheim
Anyways, Church & State changed everything when you said places in desolate places will not survive. Church & State is in the most industrial section of downtown LA (surrounded by 2 island residential buildings), but people go there in droves.
Make a good product and people will come.
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laofanaheim, I think there's a variety of reasons why a store may not do well. But as you mention, thank goodness businesses like church & state or other similar places in the still gritty east side of dt do well.
the owner of babycakes said a lack of foot traffic was the problem they were facing in their location in the PE bldg. That is disappointing, cuz just about everyone here is unhappy when new bldgs don't include retail on their first level, or when older bldgs are stuck with vacant spaces or the type of swapmeet found on broadway. So when a store that fits the ideal opens but then closes, that's not a matter of easy comes, easy goes.
I do recall reading about babycakes opening 2 yrs ago & thinking it was one of those ideal fits for the hood. After seeing these pics of the store for the first time, I'm a bit more
since it looked like a cute little place.
Whether new stores in dt are well run & serve a great product....& getting or not getting enough customers....I'd guess all of their owners won't be unhappy if the hood ends up with far more ppl....with decent incomes....living in it 24/7.
the story of babycakes is one more reason why I hope the big gap across Main St from the PE bldg.....the
parking lot that the infamous Barry Shy wants to build a new highrise apt tower on....sees groundbreaking ASAP.
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^ The kicker in things like this is a nice little business, new to dt, doesn't survive more than 2 yrs, while the horrible swapments on broadway manage to hang on yr after yr, after yr, after yr.
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