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07 November 2003, 04:30 PM
Starbucks flagship store set for Sundance Square
David Wethe - Staff Writer
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/11/03/daily52.html
Sundance Square Management announced Friday that Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. will soon start construction on a "Tarrant County flagship" coffee store in downtown Fort Worth retail space previously occupied by The Coffee Haus.
The store is expected to open by mid-February, said Tracy Gilmour, director of marketing for Sundance Square Management, which oversees the vacated space as developer of a 20-block area of retail, office and residential space in downtown Fort Worth.
"It will set their standard for their stores going forward," Gilmour said of Starbucks' newly planned store. The lease was signed earlier this week, she said.
The Coffee Haus, which operated out of a 1,665-square-foot space at 704 Houston St., was shut down Oct. 21 by the state comptroller's office for failing to pay $13,499 in sales taxes.
Although owner Tom Gingerich paid the amount to the state the next day, keys to the space were already handed over to Sundance Square Management, according to a spokeswoman with the comptroller's office.
Starbucks operates another shop two blocks east in a Barnes & Noble bookstore on Commerce Street.
Officials for the Seattle-based coffee giant -- which operates 115 stores in the Metroplex and 5,000 throughout North America -- could not be immediately reached for comment.
Gilmour said plans for a new Starbucks shouldn't impact the existing Starbucks location.
"We're truly believing that it's not going to have a detrimental effect on the Starbucks at Barnes & Noble, or else we would not have done the deal," she said. "If you watch the traffic patterns down here in the mornings, you can see there's a whole contingent from the west side of downtown that walks over to the former Coffee Haus location to get coffee, and there's a whole other contingent that walks over to Barnes & Noble. They're not that far apart, but when you're walking on a cold morning, especially when you're at work, the closer the better."
Contact DBJ writer David Wethe at dwethe@bizjournals.com.
David Wethe - Staff Writer
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/11/03/daily52.html
Sundance Square Management announced Friday that Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. will soon start construction on a "Tarrant County flagship" coffee store in downtown Fort Worth retail space previously occupied by The Coffee Haus.
The store is expected to open by mid-February, said Tracy Gilmour, director of marketing for Sundance Square Management, which oversees the vacated space as developer of a 20-block area of retail, office and residential space in downtown Fort Worth.
"It will set their standard for their stores going forward," Gilmour said of Starbucks' newly planned store. The lease was signed earlier this week, she said.
The Coffee Haus, which operated out of a 1,665-square-foot space at 704 Houston St., was shut down Oct. 21 by the state comptroller's office for failing to pay $13,499 in sales taxes.
Although owner Tom Gingerich paid the amount to the state the next day, keys to the space were already handed over to Sundance Square Management, according to a spokeswoman with the comptroller's office.
Starbucks operates another shop two blocks east in a Barnes & Noble bookstore on Commerce Street.
Officials for the Seattle-based coffee giant -- which operates 115 stores in the Metroplex and 5,000 throughout North America -- could not be immediately reached for comment.
Gilmour said plans for a new Starbucks shouldn't impact the existing Starbucks location.
"We're truly believing that it's not going to have a detrimental effect on the Starbucks at Barnes & Noble, or else we would not have done the deal," she said. "If you watch the traffic patterns down here in the mornings, you can see there's a whole contingent from the west side of downtown that walks over to the former Coffee Haus location to get coffee, and there's a whole other contingent that walks over to Barnes & Noble. They're not that far apart, but when you're walking on a cold morning, especially when you're at work, the closer the better."
Contact DBJ writer David Wethe at dwethe@bizjournals.com.