Walmart's is closing its trashy store on Main Street in White Plains. Good. It was tacky from day one. The video on the LoHud website shows people interviewed outside Walmart being asked about the closing. Only one mentioned Target just across the street. White Plains did not need both and this may help keep Target from also leaving.
Downtown White Plains could use an electronics store. Pretty much anything else being suggested is already here. Circuit City had the space now occupied by the Nordstrom Rack on the ground floor of the City Center. But Circuit City ceased operation in 2009. Maybe some Walmart customers will discover Nordstrom Rack for inexpensive stuff.
The Best Buy electronics store on Central Avenue in Hartsdale is not accessible to downtown residents on foot. Foot traffic was part of the appeal of Walmart's for some.
Another option would be a Trader Joe's food store. It too has a store on Central Avenue in Hartsdale. The Shop-Rite supermarket across the street from Walmart on the second level of the City Center operates as if it's in a poor inner city neighborhood with at least half its workers standing around, at least half its checkouts not in use and food that's not the newest available. Compare dates to the other supermarket in White Plains (Stop & Shop), the one serving customers driving there from their houses, not walking from their apartments. White Plains is a tale of two cities.
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