One of the most visible downtown properties will soon have a new look.
Restoration Hardware is closing in April.
Sources say the reason is not poor sales. Rather, the 11,000-square foot spot opposite Anthropologie, a few yards from Main Street, is not in keeping with the current large-format stores (“galleries,” in Restoration-speak) they’ve opened the last few years.
The home furnishings company — I have no idea where “Hardware” comes from — has been on the Post Road for about 20 years. It replaced the Fine Arts I and II movie theaters, which had been there since the early 1900s.
The closure leaves only one Restoration location in Connecticut: Greenwich.
The lines of the old Fine Arts Theater — including the recessed entryway — are still visible at Restoration Hardware.
(Interested in leasing the property? Email david@davidadamrealty.com, or call 203-856-9674.)