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Douglas Todd: Meet the man who knows why many Vancouver storefronts are in distress

Lewis Silverberg, 75, has intensely studied where independent shops are dying, where look-alike chains are dominating and where to get a great gelato. He has guidelines for success.

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Lewis Silverberg has studied every storefront in Vancouver. He says that over the decades he has walked by every one, making an inventory of each supermarket, hair salon, credit union and café.

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Silverberg, 75, has come to know which retail blocks are a success, and which are struggling.

He knows where storefront vacancies are getting out of hand, where independent shops are dying, where look-alike chains are dominating and where to get a great gelato.

In the complex retail world of the city of Vancouver, there are many signs of distress.

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