PJ's Coffee & Planet Smoothie - both locations closed permanently

I heard someone say the one in Watercolor closed as well? I drove by today around 4pm and it was closed. What up?

the seasonality of 30-a makes owning many businesses brutal .

If I were going to develop the property, I'd look around to surrounding areas and see which businesses are thriving and pick a type of business that Sowal lacks. Actually a Thai restaurant might be quite good. FWB has a LOT of Thai restaurants due to the large Thai population there. (We like Daddy's in ME, Thai House off Racetrack, Mahkong Thai downtown...but there's also Thai Hut, Ractrack Cafe Thai, Orchid House, Thai Kitchen, Thai Saree, Bankok House, and many others that I've seen but cannot name.) There are also a few thriving Thai markets. I think those markets are missing an opportunity of their own, so here's an idea...

Combo Thai restaurant, and Thai market that offers cooking classes and demonstrations on how to use the Thai ingredients. If you've been into any of the markets, it's very intimidating. Through trial and error (and one very kind woman who doesn't mind helping me when she's there ), I've been able to scratch the surface of Thai cooking and ingredients, but I'd buy a lot more ingredients if I knew what to do with them.

We've seen an influx of Mexican markets in Sowal, and Vietnamese markets in Pensacola. What about an International market bringing all of them (and others) together?

If I were going to develop the property, I'd look around to surrounding areas and see which businesses are thriving and pick a type of business that Sowal lacks. Actually a Thai restaurant might be quite good. FWB has a LOT of Thai restaurants due to the large Thai population there. (We like Daddy's in ME, Thai House off Racetrack, Mahkong Thai downtown...but there's also Thai Hut, Ractrack Cafe Thai, Orchid House, Thai Kitchen, Thai Saree, Bankok House, and many others that I've seen but cannot name.) There are also a few thriving Thai markets. I think those markets are missing an opportunity of their own, so here's an idea...

Combo Thai restaurant, and Thai market that offers cooking classes and demonstrations on how to use the Thai ingredients. If you've been into any of the markets, it's very intimidating. Through trial and error (and one very kind woman who doesn't mind helping me when she's there ), I've been able to scratch the surface of Thai cooking and ingredients, but I'd buy a lot more ingredients if I knew what to do with them.

We've seen an influx of Mexican markets in Sowal, and Vietnamese markets in Pensacola. What about an International market bringing all of them (and others) together?

What a cool idea!

I agree. They would regularly have my business...

Question-

How does the monthly rent compare on 30A in a place like Redfish to a storefront along 98 in SoWal???

the seasonality of 30-a makes owning many businesses brutal .

Yes, having a limited off season makes things difficult, but all of this stems from high rents and bad economy. If people were still making easy money, many businesses would still be bumping.

Again, there may be businesses which can make the numbers work, but there are probably more businesses that cannot make the numbers work.

I agree. They would regularly have my business...

Question-

How does the monthly rent compare on 30A in a place like Redfish to a storefront along 98 in SoWal???

I'm not positive, but I think that all of the businesses in Redfish Village actually own the business condo unit, so you'll have to do some math after looking at the tax rolls to see what they paid for each unit, then add insurance, taxes and any HOA fees.

On Hwy 98, rents fluctuate quite a bit, depending on whether the strip mall is older (crappy) or whether it was developed after 2003 and must charge enough to cover costs.

I heard someone say the one in Watercolor closed as well? I drove by today around 4pm and it was closed. What up?

Yes - the WaterColor location is also empty.

That's too bad. My daughter's favorite place for smoothies.

That's too bad. My daughter's favorite place for smoothies.

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If the WaterColor PJ's is really closed for good, this makes it their third location to fold. It seems like it was under construction longer than it was open.

JOE can't be happy about this.

I seriously doubt that anyone is happy about the closings. It hurts everyone a little bit.

:(

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We go there too! I like how you shamelessly plug your advertisers. Shoot me a PM on your rates.