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IN DEARBORN

ONE HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET STILL AVAILABLE

19 ACRES (THE SIZE OF 19 FOOTBALL FIELDS!)

(Former De Soto Assembly Plant)

Re-Birth

Art Loft owner adds to Birmingham's new look.

THE OTHER 1/2 MILLION SQ. FT. HAS BEEN LEASED TO
FORD MOTOR CO. AND OTHERS.

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4 Railroad Sidings
15 Truck-Loading Docks
Modern One Million Gallon Water Tower
4 Miles East of the Southfield X-Way
1 Mile North of 1-94
3 Miles South of 1-96
One and One-Half Miles from the World's Largest
Manufacturing Complex, The Ford Rouge Plant
• 6 Miles from General Motors' Pole Town Plant

Call Harold Finegood, Owner

(313) 933-1490

Sarah-Lil I

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STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER

n optimist sees a glass half- three years. She's been at her cur-
filled with water. A pes- rent location for one year.
simist sees the same glass
"I originally began the business
as half-empty.
so I would have a place to sell the
While downtown Birming- jewelry I made," Ms. Glazer said.
ham's shopping district was be- "It was located in Shops at the
ing plagued by empty storefronts Top, close to where I am today.
the past few years, Catherine That's where I got the name for
Glazer looked at them with hope, the store."
not despair.
Ms. Glazer now has two em-
"I told everyone it was exciting ployees and she sells merchan-
because new merchants would be dise from many artists, several
moving in," said Ms.
Glazer. "It's normal for a
downtown area to un-
dergo a transition every
couple years, so I wasn't
worried."
After Birmingham's
problems seemed to bot-
tom out last year, Ms.
Glazer's optimism
turned into reality. Many
stores which were dark
a few months ago are
now open again.
Last month, Ms. Glaz-
er added to the new look
with a Ron Rea re-design
of the front of her down-
town Birmingham busi-
ness, the Art Loft.
"The front used to be The new look for Art Lott
basically gray, kind of
quiet and sedate, a real 1980s of them local. In the fall, she
look," she said. "Now it has a col- plans to travel to Paris on a buy-
orful 1990s look."
ing trip.
Ms. Glazer, who earned bach-
Art Loft's slogan is "Gift
elor's degrees in art history and Buying Made Magical." Ms. Glaz-
psychology at the University of er said the store sells "tons" of
Michigan, has been in business gifts for members of wedding par-
in downtown Birmingham for ties. ❑

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