[KathieI]

Originally Posted by GERALDINE

I believe this store...like many before it...are victims of TV raising the rent to a point they can no longer afford to do business. It would seem to me that with as much turn over as they have and as many empty/vacant stores that they have...that they'd do whatever they could to get and keep good retailers. IF they had people standing in line to rent stores then yes, maybe they could eek out a little more $$ but having empty buildings and doing this???? I just don't get it.

Geraldine, many of us on this forum agree with you totally. We have discussed this endlessly about why is the village management allowing this to happen. Nothing looks worse to prospective buyers than to see all the empty stores around the squares. Its the same thing with the restaurants, the rents are astronomical and I also BELIEVE that they take a % of the profits. We could do a search on this and you'll find lots of interesting posts regarding this issue. Seems to me just pure greed on their part.