Local Shopping Center Boasts 90% Occupancy

April 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Baldwin Park’s Gateway Center Has Something for Everyone

1622 Puente Ave, Baldwin Park, CA—with all of the options for online shopping, it is a miracle that shopping centers are still around. In fact, supercenters and malls have been closing by the dozen since the economic downturn in 2008. So, it might come as a surprise to some to learn that a local Baldwin Park shopping plaza has a more than ninety percent occupancy rate. The tenants are not fly-by-night operations who pack up their tents after a month. The Gateway Center features premium brands that cater to a wide variety of retail and service oriented local shoppers.

There is an old saying in business that location is everything and the Gateway Center is perfectly situated between El Monte and West Covina. Situated near the 10 and 605 Freeway Interchange, the shopping center draws from these two thriving communities and is a primary reason why the plaza has been so successful. Convenience shoppers like to shop in a friendly and well tended environment and the Gateway Center has both. Natural landscaping coupled with clean and responsible storefronts make for a pleasant experience for the customers.

Variety is another dimension of the center’s success. Restaurants, brand name retail, discount, and medical care are only a few of the services the center has to offer. In the 21st Century Age of immediate gratification and convenience, this is a place where customers are able to complete most of their daily errands in a one-stop-shop type of environment. Tenant satisfaction is a primary ingredient for retail space success. Keeping the grounds well lit, clean, and presentable help many of the retail establishments thrive in an inviting atmosphere conducive to increased business traffic. The Center boasts outdoor seating as well as fountains and garden areas that make an attractive presentation for the community. The management has been so successful at turning around this once flagging shopping area that last year, the Baldwin Park City Council named the Gateway Center one of the best establishments in the city. The center not only has attractive gardens and top rate shopping, but it also has two floors that include some of the community’s most coveted office space. In addition, it is located on a corner that allows for easy on and off entrances to two major thoroughfares.

Just because this is a brick and mortar plaza does not mean the Gateway Center has not evolved into a 21st Century business. The property owners and managers have put together a first-class website in order to showcase their center to those tenants and investors who are looking to locate into the Baldwin Park locality. The website features photos that allow for an expanded perspective of the center as well as an availability map highlighting the only two spots of retail space available. The site is geared toward providing prospective tenants with as much information as possible to help them in the selection process; the site even includes a detailed demographic analysis of the market area. The site is optimized and links to the Center’s Facebook page, where shoppers and business investors can get up-to-date information on events and retail leases. This kind of customer-driven philosophy is part of what has made the center so successful and will continue to drive Gateway’s success well into the next decade.

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