Summer Fields

Summer Fields

Friday, May 14, 2010

Like me, you may be wondering what will become of the retail space at the corner of Grand and Alamo Pintado, the former home of the Judith Hale Gallery. Good question. The building, owned by a company in Woodland Hills, is still available for rent.

What it probably won't be is a restaurant (sewage/septic restrictions) or a tasting room. (A rep says Los Olivos is unlikely to approve another one.)

The space in total is about 2100 square feet, give or take a few, but the owners are considering dividing it into three spaces, each in the neighborhood of 700 square feet. What's especially interesting to me is, in the proposed plan, only one of the three spaces would have a door on Grand. A second would have an entrance on Alamo Pintado and a third only from the back. The smaller space with the little door on the right facing Grand would make a cute little store, but that's apparently not what they have in mind when they divide it. I also wondered if someone could rent one of the spaces for a short term…maybe to try out a business or have what's referred to as a "pop up" store, but the owners are looking for a one-year lease, minimum.

Asking price: $3,000/month for the space with the entrance on Grand, $2,500 for the other two. Utilities are NOT included and any assessments or increase in taxes will be passed on to the tenants.

I hope someone great comes in. I'll try to support their business as I do all the businesses in Los Olivos. I hope you will too.