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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Visions for Vacancies: 631 King St.

Sushi restaurant Bumblefish has closed shop and a new retail tenant is expected.

What would you like to see at 631 King St.? The space formerly housed sushi restaurant Bumblefish in this prime downtown corner spot at the intersection of King and Washington streets. City permits show Kamil Property Management of Lee Street in Old Town is making about $60,000 worth of alterations for an unnamed retail tenant. The contractor is Retail Construction Services based in Lake Elmo, Minn. The management company expects to have most permits cleared by mid-March. The spot is next to Nine West shoe store and a branch of Burke and Herbert bank. What sort of retailer would you like to see there? For more business news, sign up for the Old Town Alexandria Patch daily email newsletter, Like us on Facebook and Follow @alexandriapatch on…

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Scot

3:49 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013

Michael, Society Fair has great bread. Also, I would like to see another wig store. If we can support two, why not one more!   more ›

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Visions for Vacancies: 320 Prince St.

What would you like to see in this commercial building at the corner of Prince and Royal streets?

The corner lot at 320 Prince St. used to house an antique store. What would you like to see there now? It's located in a residential section of Old Town at Prince and Royal with a smattering of stores nearby - Whistle Stop Hobbies and the Enchanted Florist, to name a couple of its business neighbors. The 3,744-square-foot building, which is slated for mixed commercial and residential use, was assessed by the city for $1.3 million with annual taxes of about $13,000. The lot size where the building built in 1870 sits is 1,949 square feet. It most recently housed Scarlet Fox Antiques, whose owners held a "retirement sale" in 2010 and shuttered it shortly thereafter. Would you like to see a restaurant, boutique, sandwich shop, another antique …

bj anderson

7:24 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

My first choice would be a book store. Old Town has not been the same since all the bookstores left town.   more ›

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