Downtown Toledo retail corner revived
23.09.2008 13:01
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- Source: toledoblade.com
A downtown building which for years beginning in the 1930s was home to a pair of popular drug stores is reverting to use as a store. Businessman Jacques "Jack" Eid and his wife, Rania, have spent nearly $300,000 to rehabilitate a 111-year-old building at Madison Avenue and North Michigan Avenue into space for a store and adjoining restaurant. The Madison Market and Le Pam Pam Pizza & Subs will open by mid-October at the high-traffic corner across from the Toledo-Lucas County Library, said General Manager Pierre Eid, who is Jacques Eid's cousin. The three-story building most recently was the site of a photo-processing center. For many years, however, it was home to M&M Drug Store and, before that, Cooley's Drug Store. Despite the tough economy and spotty record of retailing in the downtown area, the owners are optimistic that they can succeed. 
The Madison and North Michigan corner was a drug store for decades.
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