Former skating rink presents unique commercial real estate challenge

To find the ideal tenant for the former Stardust Skate Center, Loyd Robbins is using direct marketing  — and keeping an open mind in terms of unforeseen possibilities.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:10 a.m. June 28, 2019
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Lori Sax. Loyd Robbins, president and principle broker at Harry E. Robbins Associates Inc., says he’s fielded interest in the former Stardust Skate Center building from a variety of entities, from churches to craft breweries.
Lori Sax. Loyd Robbins, president and principle broker at Harry E. Robbins Associates Inc., says he’s fielded interest in the former Stardust Skate Center building from a variety of entities, from churches to craft breweries.
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When the music faded, the disco ball stopped spinning and the skaters stepped off the rink for the last time, a new chapter began for the building that once housed Stardust Skate Center.

 

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