I added the gallery profiled in the latest Source, even though it's a second story walk-up and is in a space that probably normally would be office space.
And, I decided to add the restaurant beneath the new Oxford Hotel; with a couple of asterisks because it's debatable if it's a separate business from the parent.
Really, this is an excuse to talk about the new Oxford.
Fabulous looking.
Oh, that signs looks so damn classy when I look down the street at night.
I don't know about anyone elses definition of an 'anchor' on the street, but it seems to me to lock in solid the vibrancy of Minnesota Ave. Having spent most of my career in the orphan red-headed buck-toothed stepchild part of downtown, it's exciting to see. And pure luck that I'm in the middle of it.
I'm hoping that the kind of people who would choose a boutique hotel will be in intrigued by my funky, quirky mix. I'm sure they can't be all that excited by the Gap. So my kind of idiosyncratic business may be exactly what they're looking for.
I can hope.
NEW BUSINESS'S DOWNTOWN
***10 Below, Minnesota St. 1/10/10
Tew Boots Gallery, Bond St. 1/8/10.
Top Leaf Mate, 12/10/09
Laughing Girls Studio, Minnesota St. 12/7/09
Lemon Drop, 5 Minnesota, 11/12/09
The Curiosity Shoppe 11/5/09 25 N.W. Minnesota, Suite #7.
Wabi Sabi 11/4/09
Frugal Boutique 11/4/09
5 Spice 10/22/09
Cowgirls Cash 10/17/09
***Haven Home 10/17/09
Dog Patch 10/17/09
The Good Drop 10/12/09
Lola's 9/23/09
**Volcano Wines 9/15/09
Singing Sparrow Flowers 8/16/09
Northwest Home Interiors 8/5/09
High Desert Frameworks 7/23/09
Wall Street Gifts 7/--/09
Ina Louise 7/14/09
Bend Home Hardware (Homestyle Hardware?) 7/1/09
Altera Real Estate 6/9/09
Honey 6/7/09
Azura Studio 6/7/09
Mary Jane's 6/1/09
c.c.McKenzie 6/1/09
Velvet 5/28/09
Bella Moda 3/25/09
High Desert Gallery (Bend) 3/25/09
Joolz
Zydeco
900 Wall
Great Outdoor Store
Luxe Home Interiors
Powell's Candy
Dudley's Used Books and Coffee
Goldsmith
Game Domain
Subway Sandwiches
Bend Burger Company
Showcase Hats
Pita Pit
Happy Nails
BUSINESS'S LEAVING
Ivy Rose Manor 8/20/09
***Downtowner 8/18/09 (moving into the Summit location)
Chocolate e Gateaux 8/16/09
Finders Keepers 8/15/09
Colourstone 7/25/09
Periwinkle 6/--/09
***Tangerine 7/21/09 (Got word, they are moving across the street.)
Micheal Cassidy Gallery 6/15/09
St. Claire Coffee 6/15/09
Luxe Home Interiors 6/4/09
Treefort 5/8/09
Blue 5/2/09
***Volcano Tasting Room 4/28/09** Moved to Minnesota Ave.
Habit 4/16/09
Mountain Comfort 4/14/09
Tetherow Property 4/11/09
Blue Moon Marketplace 3/25/09
Plenty 3/25/09
Downtown Doggie 3/25/09
***King of Sole (became Mary Janes)**
Santee Alley
Bistro Corlise
Made in Hawaii
EnVogue
Stewart Weinmann (leather)
Kebanu Gallery
Pella Doors and Windows
Olive company
Pink Frog
Little Italy
Deep
Merenda's
Volo
***Pomegranate (downtown branch)**
Norwalk
Pronghorn Real Estate office.
Speedshop Deli
Paper Place
Bluefish Bistro
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An interesting development is how many of these new businesses are finding either new space, or nooks and cranny's that hadn't been used before. The alley across from the Oxford, for instance, has two businesses.
I'm pretty sure I've missed more openings, than closings, too.
Also impressive is, no one seems to have closed this January, that I know of. Going into Winter, the toughest time of year for Central Oregon...
I noticed, too, that the old Resort Apparel space (they moved) has no "For Lease" sign, which usually means someone's coming.
Reading in this mornings paper that the Pearl District has a 16% vacancy rate. (This might include condos and office, and if we included those figures downtown Bend, we might be comparable...)
The 16 to 20 dollars a foot must be referring to a 'yearly' rate, which would make Pearl cheaper than downtown Bend....Heh.
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