Editor' Note: Many shops have seen their communities grow up around them. Often, shops that have had a downtown location for years are forced out by redevelopment and rezoning. I wonder if the communities realize that an automotive repair shop can give more back to the community than another condo complex or Starbucks.
UNION CITY AUTO SHOPS CAN'T CATCH A BRAKE
By Matthew Artz, STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated:12/18/2006 02:32:23 AM PST
UNION CITY, CA— Auto shop owners being displaced from Union Square are nearly out of time and real estate options to stay in Union City.
The eight shops — a majority of the city's automotive repair businesses — must be shuttered by Feb. 28, as housing developer AvalonBay Communities begins building two apartment structures on the site it owns adjacent to the BART station.
Three shops have locked up a new home in Union City — all at an auto center being built by Gary Singh, a newly appointed city planning commissioner and the owner of a Union Square auto shop...
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