May 17, 2021

Stuf Preferred Sq. Footage: 2,000-15,000 s.f. 12-Month Anticipated Openings: 65-70 The self-storage brand, which received $1.8M in funding from Wilshire Lane Partners and Harlem Capital, anticipates bullish growth. The chain expects to open new units in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and Boston by the end of the year. Stuf More

There has been a renewed national interest with restaurant/retail brands offering contactless pickup solutions. The buzzworthy Brooklyn Dumpling Shop franchise, as well as the new dining brand Automat Kitchen, are both reviving the temperature-controlled automated vending machine “automat” trend, a food purchasing concept, with or without dining room space, that had been popular in urban More

The upscale western boot and apparel brand, Tecovas, will be opening a store by late summer/early fall in the ground-floor retail space of a two-story building that previously housed a business college. The second floor space will be leased to a law firm. The challenge with leasing the space was the fact that the building More

The average consumer has become used to convenience, as evidenced from the uptick in services such as online ordering, curbside pickup and home delivery. This preference for convenience has spilled over into medical services, as seen by the popularity of urgent care facilities taking up retail spaces. Unlike costly emergency room visits or time-consuming doctor More