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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Salon Lofts Features 12 Independent Beauty Businesses

The Center Street facility offers stylists entrepreneurial independence with corporate backing

Deanna Bozic, Jessica Lucas, Nancy Merrow and nine other beauty specialists offer services at the same Center Street salon, but each woman solely answers to herself. At Salon Lofts, a newly opened business in the Center Street School building, the stylists operate separate, one-person enterprises. By making the switch to Salon Lofts, the longtime stylists received independence fused with the marketing potential of a nationwide corporation seemingly on the rise. "It's amazing because you can buy the products that you feel work for your clients the best," said Merrow, a nail stylist who previously worked with Bozic at another area salon. Each stylist's loft is an intimate space with chairs, sinks, mirrors and more. Lucas said that one-on-one…

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Planning Commission Approves Permit for Salon Lofts in Center Street School Building

Tim Harrington

7:25 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013

This is a great concept; I go to Deanna Bozic; she's a wonderful person and gives a great haircut. It's much more relaxing than the salon in Mentor I used to go to get my haircut   more ›

Friday, October 28, 2011

Planning Commission Approves Permit for Salon Lofts in Center Street School Building

Salon hopes to move into Center Street School in April 2012

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Jason Lea
  • Friday, October 28, 2011

It has not been easy filling the former Center Street School building at 7482 Center Street with tenants. Originally, Rick Osborne Jr. had planned to refit the building with condos. However, that plan was complicated when the housing market slumped. Then, in Sept. 2010, the Planning Commission approved an amendment that would allow the second floor to be used for offices. Now, Osborne has a tenant lined up that wants to use the entire second floor, as well as a permit that will allow them to do it. The Planning Commission approved a conditional-use permit for Salon Lofts and Osborne at its meeting Thursday night at City Hall. The plan is for Salon Lofts to lease their "loft" spaces to 20 to 25 independent stylists. Erik Quigley, the …

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Mentor City Hall and Harry Fishleigh Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Resigns From Planning Commission

pogmothoin

7:52 am on Friday, October 28, 2011

Are you kidding? Take a look at the "old downtown buildings" in Mentor where there's but a tattoo parlor and bird feeding place. My kid grew up in Mentor. We love Mentor but to now believe that they can get "independent" salon operators 25 at that is laughable. Regular salons CAN'T FILL THEIR CHAIRS. Mentor has turned into the town of "insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting …   more ›

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