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Following the announcement that Crate and Barrel will shut its doors this weekend, Brattle Street is poised to lose two more businesses with the closing of cosmetics store Beauty and Main and business accessories store Cross.
“The general consensus from what I hear is that rent in Harvard Square is really high and even good businesses are struggling,” Siren said.
But Jillson said that the HSBA has been receiving two to three inquiries a week about available store space, many from businesses owned by women in the area.
The increasing presence of these small businesses proves that rent in the Square is reasonable, Jillson said.
“Clearly, if locally-owned, independent businesses run by women are able to afford rent in prime locations, then one would conclude that rents are not skyrocketing,” she said.