Article: New retail space vacancies allow market invasion. (Special Report: Real Estate) (Industry Overview)

Most former Buffums locations find new occupants

At least half a dozen major Southland retailers went bankrupt during 1991, leaving behind dozens of empty stores. Many of these vacancies have since allowed out-of-town retailers to penetrate the Los Angeles marketplace, while others have been filled by local retailers looking to expand.

These new vacancies are "giving national retailers a chance to come into the marketplace and open several locations at the same time," said Mark Einbund, retail leasing representative at the Westside office of real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis Co.

Einbund said Austin, Texas-based Bookstar was one example of a retailer ...

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