The newly built small shopping plaza on the corner of Platt and Ellsworth is filling in. It doesn’t have a name yet: “I’m working on it,” says its owner Ehab (“like rehab without the r”) Samaha. The Biggby coffee franchise was the first to open, early last fall.
Open irregularly, with no posted hours as of early December, is Al Madina Trading, which calls itself a “Dubai fashion boutique”–clothing of glittering, dazzling fabrics, cut to modest proportions for women who dress in hijab. And in November a sign announced the imminent arrival of Kasoa Africa Market, which is moving into real retail digs from its warehouse on Trade Center Drive.
Samaha says these three stores will be joined by Metro PCS, and he’s “working on a frozen yogurt place.”
Biggby Coffee, 3980 Platt, 368-9384. Mon.-Sat. 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. biggby.com.
