Each quarter, Retail Sq. Ft. releases the Retail Snapshot for Downtown New Haven. The First Quarter 2015 Retail Snapshot noted 12 new businesses opened during the period of January 1 through March 31, 2015. The downtown's retail composition resides in four main districts, Chapel Street, 9th Square, Audubon Arts & Retail District, and the Broadway District. There are 344 retail spaces in downtown, with a current vacancy rate of 9.9% or 34 retail spaces. Twelve new businesses opened and twelve closed between January and March 2015. Within the quarter, however, five of these vacant spaces have already been filled. Read More
WHAT'S TRENDING?
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Retail Sq. Ft. organized two ribbon cuttings to welcome new businesses to Downtown New Haven.
The Happiness Lab at 756 Chapel Street and
101 Art Threads at 118 Court Street. In addition, Town Green participated in the ribbon cutting of
College Street Music Hall, 238 College Street.
Other new businesses openings include
Salsa Fresca, 53 Broadway;
CSKB, 200 Crown Street;
Shift Cycling, 199 Crown Street; Dr. Dental, 89 Church Street; and
Chapel Street Dental, 806 Chapel Street.
101 Art Threads Grand Opening and Reworx Pop-Up
Retail Sq. Ft. organized a ribbon cutting with Mayor Toni N. Harp to officially welcome101 Art Threads(118 Court St.) to the 9th Square. Visitors were greeted with food, music, art, and more.
On Friday, May 1, Mayor Toni N. Harp cut the ribbon to officially open the Happiness Lab at 756 Chapel St. Happiness Lab is the world's first co-working coffee shop dedicated to happiness. It proudly brews and serves its own brand of "Happy Life" coffee.
Welcome to SHOP TALK, published monthly by Retail Sq. Ft. SHOP TALK discusses What's New, What's Here, What's Coming and What's Trending in Downtown New Haven's Retail Community.
Retail Sq. Ft. @ Town Green District is ready to help with retail information and demographics, referrals, and all the resources needed to make Downtown New Haven your ideal business location.
