
{"id":22109,"date":"2011-11-23T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=22109"},"modified":"2011-11-23T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:27:13","slug":"the-red-hen-leaves-weaver-st-for-university-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/11\/23\/the-red-hen-leaves-weaver-st-for-university-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Hen leaves Weaver St. for University Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Caroline Kilaru<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Correspondent<\/em><br \/>\nThe Red Hen has flown the coop.<\/p>\n<p>The shop, a gift and resale boutique for mothers and young children, has vacated its Carrboro location and will reopen in Chapel Hill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s University Mall after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Though the business had thrived on West Weaver Street for almost five years, The Red Hen had struggled recently due to the long-term construction project that has closed the street since March, owner DeeDee Lavinder said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Even before the construction started, the town told us we could borrow money if sales were low,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lavinder said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense to me because there were no guarantees about when the project would finish, and return business might be slow.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Several months ago, Lavinder had considered closing The Red Hen due to the shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sharp decline in business and the ongoing nature of the construction. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then we had the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSave The Red Hen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 event, which brought out so many people and so much love and community support,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lavinder said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought, well we could close, or we could expand. There are product lines we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always wanted to carry but haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had the space to, and we want to carry larger children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sizes to retain our customers over time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>As Lavinder began thinking about a possible move, the idea of University Mall became more appealing. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The staff there was kind, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d even say solicitous, in bringing us over,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The location\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more central for most of our customers, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plenty of parking and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re excited to be close to the library\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new space.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>So Lavinder decided to take out a loan for the move and expansion of the store. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In my mind, it makes sense to take out a loan when you will use that money to generate more income,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The new store will be located on the Dillard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side of the mall and will cover more than double the square footage of the Carrboro location. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have organic socks and tights, new toy and gift lines and up to size 16 for boys and girls,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>As for The Red Hen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s former home in Carrboro? The space is owned by a group of investors, and Rep. Joe Hackney is the managing partner. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try to attract a new tenant as soon as possible, but we are sorry to see The Red Hen go,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hackney said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We really liked them and think they have a good business model, but the construction just did them in in the end.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Hen will be open for the holiday season, with a soft opening on Friday and a grand-opening party on Dec. 15 from 4 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Hen has flown the coop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22110,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22109\/revisions\/22110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}