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What Goes in the Farr's Shoe Storefront?

6,000 square foot corner space at Broad and New streets might be ideal for dining.

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Last week, Mayor John Callahan and other officials descended on the old Farr’s shoe store building at the corner of W. Broad and N. New streets to hail the $3.8 million renovation of the 1920s Beaux Arts building as a success.

The building looks great and 19 of 24 upscale apartments in the upper three floors are rented. But there is one key missing ingredient: A tenant for the 6,000 square foot corner storefront where shoes used to be sold.

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As explained in this Express-Times story, a deal to bring an Irish pub to the location has fallen through. But there are still high hopes that another restaurant will find the space attractive for its location at a key downtown corner and its floor-to-ceiling windows that open up to W. Broad and N. New streets.

Ashley Development Corp. is willing to subdivide the $17 a square foot space, but that is not the preference.

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