A new energy on Antique Row Shops, housing reinvigorate downtown art and antique district

As one reads this Palm Beach Post article by Barbara Marshall, one loses track of the number of superlatives used. Click title for link. This in comparison to the doldrums one finds further south. One retailer there has experienced the contrast. Check this out:

Recently, Neneh Baggiani has witnessed the power of that old real estate adage about location.
For most of last year, her Out of Africa Art Shop limped along on South Dixie Highway, below Forest Hill Boulevard, some days without a single customer. "It's the dead zone there," she said.

And then on and on in the article, we read how no one cares that this retail area isn't physically in Palm Beach, but how it adds to the area's retail draw. It is getting national exposure. One new retailer from Wellington compares the area (are you ready for this?) to Paris. You know, the capital of France. The one with the big tower.

To Hase, Antique Row’s concentration of shops feels like one of the Left Bank neighborhoods he’s familiar with in Paris.
“I think it’s very similar to Rue Bonaparte in the St. Germaine district in Paris, with its concentration of very fine antique dealers. It’s a good fit for us. They can buy custom-made upholstery from us then find Murano glass lamps from the dealer next door,” said Hase.

And we read how successful sales of the residential units have been. Here are some more of the pictures we took during their grand opening weekend.

Remember this is what is directly across the street from the new project.