{"id":5521,"date":"2013-05-01T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2013-05-01T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T21:08:10","slug":"is-anthropologie-finally-opening-a-savannah-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/05\/01\/is-anthropologie-finally-opening-a-savannah-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Anthropologie finally opening a Savannah store?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8268618372\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nThe rumors of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthropologie.com\/anthro\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropologie <\/a>opening a store in Savannah have started circulating again.<\/p>\n<p>But this time they&#8217;re not just rumors.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion and lifestyle retailer has been mentioned repeatedly as a possible tenant for some large spaces in downtown Savannah, but nothing ever seemed to come of all the talk.<\/p>\n<p>Now, before I continue, let me say that there has been no official confirmation of a signed lease or anything else. I have no inside knowledge. Major commercial deals and developments fall through <em>all the time<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>But take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thempc.org\/eagenda\/x\/hrb\/2013\/FEBRUARY%2013,%202013%20HISTORIC%20DISTRICT%20BOARD%20OF%20REVIEW%20REGULAR%20MEETING%20on%20Wednesday,%20February%2013,%202013\/4178DCB9-4C2F-47B1-8438-7AAAA40A25C5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">February 13 agenda for the Historic District Board of Review<\/a>. From that document:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> The sign reads: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ANTHROPOLOGIE\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in eight inch (8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) high one-quarter (1\/4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) thick HRS (steel) letters.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The site is 38 Montgomery St., but most longtime Savannahians will remember the big building at the corner of Montgomery and Congress as once home to 606. <\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/dining.savannahnow.com\/exchange\/2013-01-09\/historic-board-applauds-changes-proposed-east-river-street-hotelretail-complex#.UYFyw6Jfabs\" target=\"_blank\">a January article<\/a> by Savannah Morning News reporter Adam Van Brimmer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The vacant lot once home to the courtyard dining area of the former 606 East Caf\u00c3\u00a9 on West Congress Street could soon feature a three-story commercial building.<\/p>\n<p>The Savannah Historic Board of Review granted the first of two necessary approvals for the proposed building.<\/p>\n<p>The property owner, Bob Turner, told the board a national retailer has committed to lease two floors of the new structure as well as that of the adjacent building on the corner of Congress and Montgomery streets.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And take a look at this photo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thempc.org\/eagenda\/x\/hrb\/2013\/FEBRUARY%2013,%202013%20HISTORIC%20DISTRICT%20BOARD%20OF%20REVIEW%20REGULAR%20MEETING%20on%20Wednesday,%20February%2013,%202013\/3C352682-BD45-4E8C-985F-A5F6057C3BA1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">from that HRB agenda<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5519\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/38montgomeryst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt-e1367437140500.png?fit=670%2C494\" data-orig-size=\"670,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"38MontgomerySt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt-e1367437140500.png?fit=300%2C221\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt-e1367437140500.png?fit=594%2C438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt-e1367437140500.png?resize=594%2C438\" alt=\"38MontgomerySt\" width=\"594\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5519\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If and when the deal is confirmed, I&#8217;ll certainly have more to say in a column or blog post.<br \/>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4374909701\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumors of Anthropologie opening a store in Savannah have started circulating again. But this time they&#8217;re not just rumors. The fashion and lifestyle retailer has been mentioned repeatedly as a possible tenant for some large spaces in downtown Savannah,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/05\/01\/is-anthropologie-finally-opening-a-savannah-store\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[1130],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/38MontgomerySt-e1367437140500.png?fit=670%2C494","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-1r3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}