Thursday, September 27, 2012
The vacant space was formerly occupied by the Newton Corner Mart.
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Every couple of weeks, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. Today's feature looks at 447 Centre St., the former Newton Corner Mart. This storefront has great access to the Mass. Pike and although it is on a busy stretch of Centre Street, there is plenty of parking on Centre Street and around the corner on Richardson Street. There is also a lot located behind the building. According to the "for lease" sign on the front …
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447 Centre St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Your Cleaners used to be located at 628 Commonwealth Ave., but now the space is for lease. Share your ideas for new retail, restaurants and more.
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. On a regular basis, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we're at 628 Commonwealth Ave., the former Your Cleaners. This space certainly has plenty of vehicle traffic and is located next to the busy intersection of Centre Street and Commonwealth Avenue. Although there are only a few parking spaces out in front of the business, patrons do not have to worry about meters. Plus, the Newton Centre T stop is within …
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-71.192567
628 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
The vacant storefronts seem to be piling up in Newton Highlands -- what should fill the space at 1201 Walnut St.?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we're at 1201 Walnut St., Newton Highlands. This storefront has easy access to the Newton Highlands MBTA station, a metered municipal lot, metered street parking as well as some free street parking. The shop is also easily accessed by Route 9 and has a fair amount of foot traffic with the Newton Highlands shopping district nearby and O'Hara's Pub next door. It …
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-71.205439
1201 Walnut St, Newton Highlands, MA
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
What do you think should go in this empty storefront in Four Corners? Share your ideas in the comments section below.
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we're at 1158 Beacon St., the former La Vie Nail & Spa location. Located on the edges of Four Corners (intersection of Beacon Street and Walnut Street), this space is in a strip mall that also includes a Dunkin' Donuts, a couple of dry cleaners and several Asian food restaurants (Apgujung, Tom Yum Koong III, South Pacific and China City). Although the Newton …
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-71.209996
1158 Beacon St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
What should go in this large, empty storefront at the intersection of Woodward Street and Route 9?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we're at 999 Boylston St., the former Huntington TV location. Huntington TV (also known as Huntington Home Systems) recently moved down the street to 369 Boylston St., leaving this large retail space available at the corner of Route 9 and Woodward Street. The building also includes Newton Highlands Pet and The Four Walls. While it's located near the Eliot MBTA …
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-71.212525
999 Boylston St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
What do you think should go in this empty Newton Centre storefront?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we're at 81 Union Street in Newton Centre, the former Big Picture Framing location. This empty storefront, which is above the Sapporo Japanese & Korean Restaurant, is in the Newton Centre shopping district. With the Newton Centre MBTA station just across the street, there is plenty of food traffic. Recently, The Improper Bostonian named Newton Centre shopping as…
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-71.191646
81 Union St, Newton Center, MA
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Staccato moved from the space last year. What should go in its place?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week' we're at 41 Lincoln St. in Newton Highlands, the former location for Staccato. The Lincoln Street shopping district features a variety of boutiques, hair salons and cafes. The area has metered on-street parking, some free parking on side streets as well as a metered municipal lot. The area also gets a considerable amount of foot traffic with the Newton Highlands…
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-71.207815
41 Lincoln St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
This storefront on Nonantum has been empty for some time -- what should move in?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week' we're at 334 Watertown St. in Nonantum, the former Radnor Printing location. This building, which is at the intersection of Chapel Street and Watertown Street, was in the news last fall when a car crashed into the building following an accident. Although te building seems to have been fixed up, the space remains empty. According to its website, Radnor Printing …
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Radnor Printing
334 Watertown St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
What does this empty space in Newtonville need?
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we’re at 313 Walnut St. in Newtonville, the former Jin Mi Oriental Foods Market. We've been to this area before; a few weeks back we asked you what you thought of the former All About Shoe location a couple of doors down. But now, we want to hear your thoughts on this empty space. The business is located between a salon and the recently renovated George Howell …
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-71.206947
313 Walnut St, Newton, MA
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tell us what you think should go in this empty storefront off Needham Street.
Welcome to Visions for Vacancies, a Patch feature and a place where you can weigh in with your ideas about what kind of businesses you’d like to see occupying empty storefronts around Newton. Each week, we’ll highlight a vacant building, storefront or structure around the city. Then, we’ll leave it you, the Newton community, to sound off on what you’d like to see there. This week we’re at 275 Needham St., Marshalls Plaza. This plaza is in one of the city's major shopping districts: the Needham Street corridor. Despite the large amount of retail traffic, there are a couple of empty storefront in this plaza, including the one pictured to the right. Other businesses in this plaza include Marshalls, CVS and Fresh City. As for parking, there …
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-71.215492
275 Needham St, Newton, MA
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5:22 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012
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