Bring Crate & Barrel to Downtown Silver Spring

This email was on my neighborhood's List Serve, I am personally for it, How about you?. . . . . . . . .  .  . . . . 

This was on Silver Spring Moms - I thought I'd pass it onto others: Though I'm not usually one for big chains, given the loss of Storehouse and IA ETC, this might be a good addition to our neighborhood- and help anchor even more stores. If you're so inclined.........
Posted by: "http://us.f382.mail.yahoo.com/ym/compose?to=" loganneighbors Fri Apr 6, 2007 7:08 am (PST) Once again, I need your help. I'm trying to help with an e-mail campaign to bring Crate & Barrel to Silver Spring. Rumor has it they they are considering it. We've managed to find the e-mail address for the real estate consultant they are using, and we're asking that you 1) send some version of the message below to him and 2) that you circulate this or some other message that you write to your friends, neighbors, listservs, colleagues to get them to write as well.You may recall that we had at least some impact on bringing DSW here - so let's try again. Thanks for your support. The e-mail address is: http://us.f382.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jjosephs%40mmrs.com
 
Dear Mr. Josephs: I understand that you are one of the real estate consultants for Crate & Barrel.  I've heard that Crate &Barrel has contemplated opening a store in downtown Silver Spring. I'm writing because I believe that Crate & Barrel would make a great addition to our downtown and - more importantly from your point of view - that the store would make a killing here. I will shop there regularly and so will my friends, family and neighbors.

By the way, I heard that our local Whole Foods is the highest grossing Whole Foods on the East Coast. You might want to check out the veracity of that since it might give you some perspective on how well Crate & Barrel would do here. If there is something more I can do to impress upon you how ready for a Crate & Barrel Silver Spring is, please let me know. I'm really looking forward to spending lots of time and money in the new Crate & Barrel in Downtown Silver Spring.

 

3 comments • Debbie Cook • April 10 2007 02:48PM

Comments

Debbie
I am surprised that you would even have to do a grass roots campaign b/c all you have to do is look at what has occured in downtown SS to know and see the transformation.  The headquarters of Discovery, Nurse Assoc .....is a great area and the highest grossing Whole Foods --what else is there to say.
Posted by Aziz Abdur-Raoof,Howard Co. Real Estate Scoop (RE/MAX Rewards) over 3 years ago

Aziz,
These types of stores just don't do very well in Silver Spring for some reason! We did have a STOREHOUSE (a store just like Crate & Barrel) in the middle of Downtown on Georgia Ave and an upscale store called IA ETC (right next to Whole Foods)  They both went OUT OF BUSINESS in a very short period of time.

Posted by Debbie Cook (Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc) over 3 years ago
Debbie
Interesting point- I do know that they will look at the demographics and maybe that area does not shop for furniture in a big way like they do food.
Storehouse --had other issues --they went out of business nationally.

Now thay you say that--when you look at what's there -- its a lot of entertaining, eating, clothes shopping. 

They have done a tremendous job with that area. 

Posted by Aziz Abdur-Raoof,Howard Co. Real Estate Scoop (RE/MAX Rewards) over 3 years ago

Participate

(optional)
What does the graphic say?