Walking or riding along the avenues, you can imagine the storefronts without tenants.
By Nick Paumgarten Walking or riding along the avenues, you can imagine the storefronts without tenants.
The only thing that changes about the storefronts is the tenants.
Details like the appropriate use of signs are still being discussed with the landmarks commission, said Joseph S. Tarella, a principal in Sawicki Tarella, the architectural firm designing the storefront and a tenant at 65 Bleecker.
Michael Shulan, who owns the building and lives above the storefront, which is between tenants, agreed.
But the village in recent years embarked on a street beautification project and developers have renovated many of the storefronts to attract new tenants.
Mr. Perri's accountant has been urging him to give up the track, find a tenant for the storefront and sit at home collecting rent checks.
As their old leases expire, the co-op, which has four storefronts, is installing higher-paying tenants, including the children's clothing store Caramel Baby & Child and the Italian sportswear brand Le Civette.
And, finally, when potential tenants of vacant storefronts see activity and a street that the community takes pride in, there is a greater chance that vacancies won't stay vacant very long.
According to a former campaign worker and two tenants who rent storefronts at the same shopping center, Broadway Minimall, Mr. Rodriguez provided the space free for five months for use as Mr. James's North Ward headquarters.
