Mrs Robinson's could be doing a Bonnie's florist

[teddyboy23]

?

[mancity68]

Yes, we notiiced it was empty today

[NewWave]

oh no! another damn coffee shop?

I love Mrs Robinson

[Earl Aelfheah]

It says it's just closing temporarily for a refurb.

[teddyboy23]

The tenants who lived above the shop left about 3 4 months ago.was told the landlord had doubled or wanted double rent for the shop premises .could be wrong but Bonnie's florist said they were refurbishing and never reopened

[PINKSHARK78]

Property developer bought the building with the flats and shop premises, to build luxury/ yet more unaffordable flats... Mrs Robinson set to re-open once building works done, but with a smaller shop cz one half of the shop premises will be converted into s flat.

[Earl Aelfheah]

How did it get permission for change of use? Greedy landlords are going to slowly kill ED.

[redjam]

I'm really sorry to see Mrs Robinson being squeezed like this - it is one of my favourite shops in ED. I miss its clothes shop across the road too. It started off too expensive for me but for the last couple of years its prices seemed to come down and I bought a lot from there - though not enough to keep it afloat, obviously...

[spark67]

Its why Mrs R had to open in Crystal palace, as they had less space to sell their larger items after the landlord reduced their floor space

[NewWave]

theres a great retail space in forest Hill for rent-opposite the station-Its the old Barclays bank building.

Lots of footfall and I'm sure they'd do really well there.

[Seabag]

Don?t worry, Mrs R is a canny operator. She?s doing just fine in her new operating model.

[cantthinkofaname]

Fingers crossed it reopens, I love Mrs Robinson and it?s nice to have something other than coffee or pricey restaurants. Luxury flats, luxury flats, luxury flats ? that?s all we seem to hear in Southeast London. Don?t these money-grabbing developers realise that without a varied, interesting High Street, the appeal of ED and price premium of these luxury flats is no longer sustainable?

[NewWave]

cantthinkofaname Wrote:

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> Fingers crossed it reopens, I love Mrs Robinson

> and it?s nice to have something other than coffee

> or pricey restaurants. Luxury flats, luxury

> flats, luxury flats ? that?s all we seem to hear

> in Southeast London. Don?t these money-grabbing

> developers realise that without a varied,

> interesting High Street, the appeal of ED and

> price premium of these luxury flats is no longer

> sustainable?

hear hear!