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Property Owner Raising Retail Rents, Still Finding Tenants

LIVERMORE, CA-The fact that the owner of a retial building raised rates and took in an office tenant has some tenants worried they might be next victim of an extremely tight office market.

By Allison Landa | Updated on November 19, 2000

LIVERMORE, CA-At least one downtown building owner here is finding out how much his space is really worth. The owner of the Village Plaza retail building on Second Street has been raising rents lately, causing some long-standing businesses to move elsewhere.

According to real estate sources in town, Party Time chose to leave after finding out their rent would jump from $2,500 to $5,000 monthly, and Craft Station opted for another location after its rent was headed up by $700 a month. They’ll be no waiting for new tenants at Village Plaza, though. Building owner Robert Apte is replacing Craft Station with the offices of American Title Co., and replacing Party Time with the Visual Image beauty salon.

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