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Demolition equipment began tearing into the former Mario’s Restaurant on Monroe Avenue in Brighton Friday, making way for the Wholefoods Plaza development by the Daniele Family. Once Mario’s is gone, crews will tear down the former Clover Lanes next door. Danny Daniele says construction will begin in early summer and last about a year. […]
A major discount shoe retailer is closing its remaining stores. Fox Business and Reuters say Payless Shoes will close all of its 23-hundred stores when it files for bankruptcy later this month. That includes seven in the Rochester area: two in Greece, two in Henrietta, and one each in Irondequoit, Webster and Victor. […]
An online ad says the carousel at the former Medley Centre mall in Irondequoit has been sold, and will be shipped to an overseas buyer. The company redeveloping the abandoned mall into a town community center and office complex advertised it for sale on antiquecarousels.com. The listing by the California-based company now carries a […]