Spencerport is a bustling suburb of Rochester

There's a lot going on in Spencerport. In June of last year, Riccardi Italian Deli opened up on W. Ridge Road. Now there's another new business on Route 104 called West Ridge Wine and Spirits. They started in February in a portion of the building where the old country western bar used to be. It's a small store that sells wine and liquor. Meanwhile, in Spencerport's central business district, a new hair studio opened up in March. Brushed Salon Studio is located in Spencer's Landing next to Yoga With Integrity. They do regular haircuts, but they also do coloring and hair extensions. Along with these two businesses, there's been six new businesses all together that have gone into buildings around Spencerport this year.

Out of the fifteen or more new businesses that opened in Spencerport in the last year and a half, only one business is a national company. Your CBD Store is a nationwide company that opened up one year ago in the plaza next to Tim Horton's. Their store was next to another national company, State Farm Insurance Agency. In late winter of this year though, they moved to the central business district where Bauers Boutique used to 123 S. Union St.

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Loyal Nine Development has an office in the State Farm Plaza. Their company has over twenty employees and they've been in business for twelve years. One of their most recent projects was at North Hampton Park where they built an addition to the ski lodge. Along with this improvement, in the summer of last year, a new natural playground was built not too far from the ski lodge by a different company than Loyal Nine Development.

New buildings in Spencerport

Spencerport is a diverse community. We’re home to an Amazon warehouse, the State Department of Transportation, and a hundred year old apple farm. Spencerport is growing too. Besides the Amazon warehouse that is being built in the southeast section of Ogden, two more buildings were built in the last year. Bob’s Pool and Garden built a new building on the corner of Gillete Road and Route 31. It’s a small one-story building that looks like a warehouse and it holds all of their pool supplies. The grand opening was in the Spring of this year. On the opposite side of town, Riccardi Italian Deli opened up in September of last year. This deli is in a new building on Ridge Road next to the Dollar General. Along with all of these new buildings, there is a construction project in the heart of the village where a three-story building is being put up next to Grandpa Sam’s Italian Kitchen. The first floor of this building is going to be retail and the second and third floor are going to be apartments. This is the biggest project since 2018 when the pharmacy(Walgreens) opened up in a new building on the corner of Route 31 and Union Street.

What to do with the vacant spaces in Tops Plaza

There’s at least nine empty stores in Ogden, Parma and Spencerport. With well over hundred businesses in this area, nine empty stores is not all that bad. Two notable vacancies are in the Tops Plaza. Rite Aid used to be in the space next to Tops, but they moved to the top of the hill in 2018(to become Walgreens), so this space has been empty for over four years. It’s a big space, so most likely, it wouldn’t be filled with a local and independent company. There’s a better chance that a national company would end up here.

Flaum Management Company is trying to get the space occupied. They’re a property management company from Rochester who work with big companies and have properties all over New York State. The other space in Tops Plaza that has been empty for a while is also part of the Flaum Management Company. Similar to the old Rite Aid building, this space is also probably too big for a local and independent company.

The Dollar Tree that’s by these vacant storefronts has been doing a good business for years. Having another national company like this in the Tops Plaza would be nice to have.

by Dan Bauman