For some of the latest developments on major chains apparently headed to Savannah, check out my City Talk column today: Savannah increasingly a target for national chains.
As I have noted many times, we have ample evidence that locally owned businesses in the downtown area and elsewhere can thrive even with competition from cash-rich national retailers.
Among those that I mention in the column is Kate Spade New York. An image from a submittal to the Metropolitan Planning Commission regarding 319 West Broughton St.:
