L.L. Bean lands site for newest Connecticut store

L.L. Bean is opening a fourth Connecticut location this summer, at The Shops at Yale in downtown New Haven. The outdoors retailer has three dozen stores outside Maine where it is based, including a discount outlet in Orange and retail stores in Danbury and South Windsor. Read full article.

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L.L. Bean making tracks to Broadway in New Haven

L.L. Bean’s bootmobile backed into place on the traffic island off Broadway Monday to signal the next business Yale University will add to its concentration of shopping options in this part of the city. The two-level, 9,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in summer 2018 as the larger retail component of the graduate student housing […]

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L.L.Bean to open at The Shops at Yale in summer 2018

Internationally recognized outdoor retailer L.L.Bean — best known for its Bean Boot and customer service — will open at 272 Elm St. in the summer of 2018, representatives from The Shops at Yale and Yale University Properties announced on April 24. “The addition of L.L.Bean will create approximately 60 new jobs in New Haven and […]

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L.L. Bean Coming to Shops at Yale

L.L. Bean will be coming to The Shops at Yale and the two-level store is expected to open this summer. Yale says a lease was signed to open at the development at 272 Elm St., a development project under construction, which will be home to new graduate student apartments as well as two retail suites. This […]

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L.L. Bean moving to New Haven

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — L.L. Bean is soon moving into New Haven. Yale University Properties announced Monday the plans at 272 Elm Street where construction is currently underway in a project to add graduate student housing to the community also. The announcement was made Monday, complete with the Bootmobile, a truck, retro-fitted to look like a giant […]

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L.L.Bean to open store in downtown New Haven

NEW HAVEN — Outdoor store L.L. Bean will be a major tenant for a development project on the Yale campus. Officials announced Monday, the Maine based retailer will open a two-story, 9000 sq. ft. store at 272 Elm St. in New Haven during the summer of 2018. The store will employ at least 60 people. “We are happy to […]

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L.L. Bean Coming To Elm St.

The name of the retailer that will occupy the two floors of retail space beneath Yale University’s future grad student housing on Elm Street was so top secret that even the mayor wasn’t told before the big unveiling. But when a vehicle fashioned after the footwear favored by outdoor and hipster-types alike rolled in behind […]

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Queen Zuri Reigns On College Street

With the sounds of New Orleans-style brass bands heralding her arrival, Queen Zuri began her reign on College Street. Truth be told, Queen Zuri isn’t a queen. She’s a 17-year-old future queen, and she was at school. Her mother, Kim Soto, is the actual queen of the newest restaurant to come to downtown New Haven, […]

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New Orleans cuisine comes to town

Aromas from the Big Easy flowed through the air on Monday afternoon as Kim Soto snipped the ribbon at the Elm City’s newest eatery. Queen Zuri, a New Orleans-style restaurant at 230 College St., served gumbo, jambalaya and banana pudding cake — among other bayou delicacies — during its grand opening. Soto, the owner, has […]

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