Retail and Shopping – Page 30 – Southport Corridor News and Events

Amazon Books opens in San Diego; Southport’s store to look similar

Amazon Books just opened their second brick and mortar store in San Diego and here are a few photos of the store. Expect a similar look to our outpost which will be located at 3443 N. Southport Avenue, former home to Mystic Celt.

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Proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at 3647-49 Southport Avenue

Another TOD has been proposed on Southport in the current location of both Spotless Cleaners and Sushi Mura next to CVS. There will be a meeting on Monday, October 17 at Mercury Theater at 7:00 PM to discuss this development according to the Southport Neighbors Association.

From Southport Neighbors:

“Proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) at 3647-49 Southport: Learn about this proposed development, tentatively planned for 5 stories, 21 mostly 1 bedroom units, with 5 parking spots, 1 car share spot, and 42 bike parking spots.

This development is still in the planning stages, so it is extremely important that you attend Monday\’s meeting to learn all the details and to provide your input.”

In addition to this newly proposed TOD, these Southport TODs have already been approved:

Curbed Chicago has a great write-up of the benefits of Transit Orient Developments (TODs) that you can read here.

Here are the renderings and documentation from Tom Tunney\’s website:

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Bel-Port Liquors now closed, Bow Truss Coffee Coming

Bow Truss Coffee Roasters will be taking the former Bel-Port Liquors location, which closed in late September. Construction on the new coffee shop should take about 6 months when we reached out to them earlier in the year, and they are still looking for a tenant for the Southport side where the FoxTrot rendering is.

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“Amazon will open a brick-and-mortar bookstore on the Southport Corridor next year. The online megastore confirmed that it will open an Amazon Books location on Southport Avenue in 2017, two years after its first physical store opened in Seattle.”

From The Chicago Tribune: Continue reading “Confirmed: Amazon Books is coming to Chicago’s Southport Corridor”

Mint Julep closing in Chicago’s Southport Corridor [Update: Now Closed]

Mint Julep announced that they are closing their doors on Southport at the end of the year via Facebook today. We wish Sarah the best of luck and are sad to see them leave Southport.