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What Should Open in the Ron's TV Building?

In a new weekly series, Patch asks readers how they would fill empty storefronts around Wheaton.

The old Ron's TV store is for lease at the corner of Liberty Drive and Hale Street in downtown Wheaton. A design has been approved for the 1927 building, but no businesses currently occupy the space. The design would feature brick, stone and caping, similar to the Il Sogno building across the tracks.

The available space is 4,561 square feet, and is divisible to 916 square feet with its space options.

The first space is 3,645 square feet, divisible to 1,050 square feet, with 12-foot ceilings. The space is $12 per square foot per year. The second area of the space is in the same building, at 207 S. Hale St. The 916-square-foot space was formerly a nail salon, and is also $12 per square foot per year.

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The second space option is the entire 10,918-square-foot, two-story building.

Patch asked the same question on its Facebook page. Here is what people said:

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  • Kyu said, "Anything but a bank. Maybe a bakery."
  • Steve said, "Argo Tea or Chipotle"
  • Jim said, "How about Ron's TV"

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