Save the Date: Design your own Necklace at Click Shoes & More on December 20

SAVE THE DATE! (this is kind of a big deal) Tania Rodamilans Art Works will be at the store creating and customizing necklaces just in time for Christmas!  More details can be found on Click Shoes & More\’s Facebook page.


Holiday Styld.by Event at Gap Southport

Tonight, join Gap Southport with Dylan\’s Candy Bar treats.  From Gap Southport:

\”You\’re Invited! 

Come join us for our Holiday Styld.by Event for a fun night of holiday shopping. We will be offering 30% off all regular priced adult styles. The new collection features fair isle sweaters for men and women, and a party capsule for your holiday and New Year\’s celebration – just the right amount of sparkle and shine.  

Our in-house blogger and stylist, Hallways Are My Runways, along with Gold Coast Girl and 2GIRLSINCITIES, will be available for styling tips and photographs, to pick your perfect gifts, and update your holiday wardrobe. We will be featuring a candy station curated by Dylan\’s Candy Bar, along with our usual assortment of wine, and other beverages from our Southport Corridor friends at Teavanna.  

Throughout the night, we\’ll be raffling off prizes from local businesses, including Benefit Cosmetics, while our DJ keeps the mood going all evening.\”

 

Bake 425 to Replace Homemade Pizza Company on Southport?

According to Crain\’s Chicago Business and Bake 425\’s website, Bake 425 is slated to take over the former Homemade Pizza Company location at 3440 N. Southport this December.  However, Cushman and Wakefield is marketing this new construction building.  We walked passed the current building and saw plenty of blue-prints, so we will see what happens next.

Retail Rumors: Is J. Crew Finally Coming to Southport?

Update the week of January 26: J. Crew is signing their lease this week.

After years of rumors it is almost all but confirmed that J. Crew is coming to 3423-25 N. Southport Avenue.  Construction should start in early 2015 and should take about a year to complete the new construction space.

J. Crew was originally speculated to open in the now EVEREVE location, but the storefront was not large enough for a typical J. Crew store.  It has been reported that they have been looking at Southport \”for years\”.  A formal announcement should happen by the end of the year.

Now onto that West Elm Market rumor that’s been circulating for quite some time now!?!?

Former Caribou Coffee at 3240 N. Ashland becoming a Dentist Office (Wrigleyville Dental)

According to EveryBlock, the former Caribou Coffee that was located at Ashland and School will now become a Dentist office.  Caribou closed this past year and are in the process of turning into Peet\’s Coffee, but this location was not included.

A reader on Everyblock says that Wrigleyville Dental next to Crosby\’s Kitchen will be the new tenant, and stated that Crosby\’s will be taking over that space and expanding.  Time will tell.

The Red Balloon Company opening in March, 2015 at 3651 N. Southport Ave.

It was announced on The Red Balloon Company\’s Facebook page today that their grand opening on Chicago\’s Southport Corridor will be in March, 2015.  Construction is coming along and the new mixed-use building will consist of three upscale apartments with Red Balloon on the ground floor. The Red Balloon Company is a children\’s store featuring clothes, toys and gifts for children.  

You can read our original blog post from March, 2014 here.  

Ivivva by Lululemon has officially expanded on Roscoe and Southport

As we reported earlier in the year, Ivivva by Lululemon would be expanding into newly built space, which it will share with Fleet Feet.  They have moved into their new space and further construction will combine and finish the spaces, per EveryBlock.