The Station at Riverdale Park will soon have two new tenants: a frozen yogurt place and a tattoo removal shop.
Frozen yogurt shop Yogi Castle, which closed its location in Hyattsville’s Arts District, is slated to open on the first floor of the Pilot House apartment complex, the first retailer farther down Van Buren Street.
Next door will be the Removery, a laser tattoo removal chain with over 150 locations in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The closest location in the D.C. area is in Arlington.
Since opening in 2017, The Station at Riverdale Park has been home to a Whole Foods grocery store, several restaurants and service-oriented businesses such as a dentist, a gym, a bank and a hair salon, but little retail.
The two newest tenants fit the same “Amazon-proof” mold and are in growing markets. Frozen yogurt is expected to become a $2 billion industry by 2028, while tattoo removal has grown alongside the tattooing industry.
In fact, one study found that one in four people who have been tattooed regretted at least one tattoo.
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It’s frustrating that so many of the retail spaces in that complex are still vacant after seven years. Do you have any insight into why that is?