"This mall, the young people, they want gold. So now we’re bringing a lot more gold."
Popular vendors who were forced to leave the Festival Marketplace indoor flea market want their regular shoppers to know that they are surviving, if not yet thriving, in new locations across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The market in Pompano Beach, which once boasted 250 businesses, closed its doors for good on June 1 to make room for warehouses. Many of the longtime vendors retired.
But numerous entrepreneurs gritted their teeth and decided to start over in new locations, says Caryn Deri, who moved her store, JMC Hairwear, to a small strip mall in Lighthouse Point.
“Everyone kind of just dispersed wherever they could find a decent rent and a place without a parking issue, you know?”
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