It would take some doing to attract large retailers to the side streets.

It has undergone a major refurbishment, in hope of attracting large national retailers.

But now the area is beginning to attract national retailers, at the same time as some local businesses are expanding.

You will never attract retailers there until there is a critical mass of people.

So the area has attracted designers and retailers who want boutique-size stores rather than wide open spaces.

The free classifieds became so popular with readers that they began to attract auto dealers and other retailers.

As a result, the prospective influx of people to what had been an industrial area seems likely to attract retailers and other service companies.

City officials say they can create more jobs and generate higher tax revenue by attracting large retailers.

Another challenge is attracting large retailers who are willing to gamble that the neighborhoods' slow recovery will continue.

This was done to attract new retailers to the street and to encourage more shoppers.