PEORIA Just seven-and-a-half months after opening in the Warehouse District, Hello Poppy Boutique is moving to a strip mall in central Peoria.
With the grand opening happening Saturday at 4923 N. Sheridan Road, owner Justice Parker was bustling about on Wednesday morning.
“Our contractor is finishing literally in an hour, so we are spending all night tonight and then the next two days getting everything situated, she said. “I actually have my entire softball team coming and helping put up displays and cleaning today.”
Parker, 25, had never owned a store before opening Hello Poppy, though she knew quite a bit about being an entrepreneur from growing up in the family, which owns the 50 s Diner. Parker’s shop will now be much closer to the diner in the busy Peoria Metro Centre, a fact she hopes will help bring more foot traffic into the store.
Debris has fallen from the Plaza Tower, forcing NOFD and NOPD to close several roads downtown just weeks after WDSU investigated the building s integrity. Streets closed include Calliope Street to O’Keefe Avenue, O’Keefe Avenue to Howard Avenue and Baronne Street to Howard Avenue. A person was reportedly injured while riding his bike downtown. He was taken to the hospital, but is expected to survive.During a news conference, city officials announced a chain link fence will be installed around the Plaza Tower to protect passersby from more possible falling debris.Afterwards, the property owner said he will put netting around the building to further prevent any debris from causing harm to people or the surrounding streets.According to officials, this cannot happen until the weather has passed and it is safe to access the area.No official day or time has been given for these changes to take place but officials said it will happen sooner rather than later. Built in the late 1
Downtown Phoenix businesses are eagerly awaiting basketball fans who will bring their passion and their wallets to downtown as the Phoenix Suns are set to take part in their first playoff match up in a decade this weekend.
Local government leaders are hailing a new luxury apartment complex in West Palm Beach s Warehouse District as an important part of the area s transformation from a neglected stretch of dilapidated buildings to a hip place to work and play.
City officials said the 178-unit District Flats complex, located at 1050 Blanche Street, is the first multi-housing project built in the Warehouse District, roughly located between Elizabeth Avenue and Clare Avenue east of Interstate 95 and west of Flamingo Park. The complex includes 36 units that have been set aside as workforce housing to be rented at discounted rents.
Still, for most people who choose District Flats, rent won t be cheap.
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