Several new businesses opening this summer in Grosse Pointe's Village business district will fill vacancies along Kercheval Avenue, the city's main street and a survivor of a series of national retailer closings.
One such space, a former Gap clothing store, will become a nail salon that has two locations in the neighboring suburb of St. Clair Shores. AJ Nail Salon & Spa is opening a Grosse Pointe location to serve Grosse Pointers who are regulars at its other locations.
In the same block of Kercheval another closed national retailer, Blockbuster, will be replaced by a hair salon, My Salon Suites.
Down the street, Jersey Mike's sub shop is opening in the Kercheval Place development, which opened about seven years ago where a Jacobson's department store once operated. Jersey Mike's will open on July 9, across the street from the Which Wich, another sandwich store that opened nearly two months ago.
The hair and nail salons and sub shop openings follow a Calico fabric store that opened about two weeks ago. Next door, construction is nearing completion on Kercheval Dance, a studio moving next door to a former Borders bookstore. The Borders site is owned by St. John Health System, which will lease space to retail tenants and use the space for medical offices.
Source: Peter Dame, Grosse Pointe city manager, and Randy Sanocki, building manager, Kercheval Place
Writer: Kim North Shine
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