Developer: Akron's Bowery District has not signed a commercial lease yet — thankfully
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Akron's downtown Bowery District is almost complete and has a brand new Main Street running outside its main entrance.
Downtown Akron's Bowery District has had little trouble leasing its residential space, but so far it has not signed a single lease with any restaurants, bars or retailers for its 40,000 square feet of commercial space.
And that's just fine with Don Taylor, CEO of the Welty Building Co. and the man leading the $42 million development.
Taylor said Main Street's big road construction project prevented potential tenants from signing leases before COVID-19 struck. The road work went on in front of the Bowery for two years, halting much of downtown's traffic, before wrapping up there in October.