BART Offers Retail in Mod Pods

SAN FRANCISCO—On the heels of the update that the San Jose BART extension is progressing and the Powell Street station will be getting a much-needed makeover comes the announcement that retail will be offered at the Embarcadero and Montgomery stations as initial rollouts. Blinq and SRS Real Estate Partners have formed a joint effort to establish convenient services, shopping and amenities for people traveling throughout BART‘s 44-station network.

Blinq has an exclusive agreement with BART to operate vending and concierge services, pop-up shops, local events and exclusive happenings that will serve the approximately 500,000 daily riders in the Bay Area. SRS has an exclusive brokerage agreement with Blinq to identify and recruit national, regional and local tenants which offer specialty and convenience services tailored to the communities for each station. People will be able to use Blinq to take care of errands, access exclusive deals and giveaways, and discover local community events.