![]() ![]() HT: There’s parking in Bryn Mawr and Ardmore. MLT: Is the lack of parking a deterrent for prospective retailers and restaurateurs? It’s easier for a retailer to go into a renovated space than a dilapidated one. Property owners have also started to invest in their properties. Now that the banks are starting to lend, retailers are starting to develop their ideas. Hard times can be challenging, but they also spark creativity. HT: The recession and economic downturn spurred entrepreneurialism. MLT: Bryn Mawr is making a comeback. Why now? That serves me in my current job because I need to identify good retailers. My work incorporated trend forecasting, so we could design fabrics for fashion, furniture and other markets. After that, I was the brand manager for Eagle’s Eye, then I was director of design and marketing at Tighe Industries, a dancewear company. I was there for 10 years, eventually as product and design director for the finished-fabrics division. My first job was as a textile designer for Milliken & Company in New York City. The retailer and property owner make a deal, then I come back and do tenant coordination, which involves working with the township to make sure the correct paperwork is filed. ![]() The business has to fit with the existing businesses and be attractive to residents. HT: I look for independent and regional retailers and restaurants to complement the personality of each town. Credit the improving economy, expansion of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute-and Heidi Tirjan, retail recruiter for Lower Merion Township. ![]() Lancaster Avenue is in the midst of a retail renaissance, and the hub of all the hubbub is Bryn Mawr, where a surplus of upscale shops and restaurants has recently opened, including Isabella Sparrow, Ella’s Grove, Main Point Books, Finders Keepers, Zazen Nail Spa, Fraschetta Restaurant and several others. ![]()
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