Poplar Plaza

An original tenant of Poplar Plaza Shopping Center is expanding its operation into part of the former Bookstar space. Gould’s Salons Inc. dba Gould’s Day Spas and Salons, which opened with the center in 1952, currently operates a 2,000-square-foot salon in Poplar Plaza but has been looking to open a more full-service spa in the area. Bookstar’s vacancy gave Gould’s the chance to expand into 3,680 square feet. A January, 2012 opening is planned.

Osaka Japanese Cuisine will soon be opening a fourth location at Poplar, leasing 7,300 square feet at the front of the center facing Poplar Avenue.

Momentum Rehab is relocating from the back section of the shopping center and Kroger Co. is tearing down its 57,000 square foot store and replacing it with an 87,065 square foot location.  Any relocations associated with the move and construction of these new tenants should be complete by first quarter 2012, at which point Poplar Plaza will be 98 percent occupied.

Poplar Plaza has been owned and operated by Burlington, Mass.-based Finard Properties for over 25 years.