Inspired by the vision of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan, the young, creative professionals of updayton and Generation Dayton joined forces to give new life to vacant street-level commercial space. Less than one year into the project, Activated Spaces is bringing storefronts to life with a second round of artwork installations . . .
Activated Spaces – Pop-up Project
Information for Property Owners about the Pop-up Project
This is a downtown Dayton storefront before Activated Spaces
This is a downtown Dayton storefront after Activated Spaces
. . . and that’s only the beginning of our story. Pop-up Project takes Activated Spaces to a whole new level by filling empty storefronts with retail tenants. Now Activated Spaces needs your commitment!
Why Should You Participate in the Activated Spaces Project?
Lease your space to a pop-up retail tenant for one to six months and receive the following benefits:
- Online exposure. Put your commercial space on the radar! Information about your space will be featured online at activatedspaces.org and published to our diverse online audience.
- Increase foot traffic. Activated Spaces will work to capitalize on successful events such as First Fridays, Urban Nights, and the Dayton Holiday Festival by making your space a destination for downtown residents, workers and visitors.
- Sweat Equity. Volunteers are available to assist in preparing spaces for lease. Examples of volunteer support include painting, cleaning, landscaping, decorating, and other activities that do not require special certifications, specialized technical or professional skills.
- Flexibility. Pop-up Project will serve as a “match maker” between property owners and prospective pop-up retail tenants. An individualized approach will be taken based on your needs. Lease options could include below market lease rates, percentage of sales or escalating lease payments over the length of the short term lease.
- Financial support. Once a match is made, a limited amount of money is available to be distributed in $250 increments at the discretion of the Activated Spaces team and based on availability for purposes such as off-setting utility costs, making cosmetic improvements to the space, or other necessities for making the space operational.
- Move-in ready tenants. While you will have the final decision on which pop-up tenant moves into your storefront, the Activated Spaces team will work to bring you a pool of move-in ready retail tenants actively looking to open up shop downtown.
Interested? What’s Next?
- Confirm your interest by contacting Sherri Wierzba at the Downtown Dayton Partnership – (937) 224-1518
- If your space is in move-in ready condition, it will be listed on activatedspaces.org.
- Activated Spaces will accept applications from prospective retail tenants on a rolling basis.
- The Activated Spaces team will review prospective retail tenant applications for possible matches.
- When a match is found, the DDP will introduce you to the prospective retail tenant.
You then work directly with the pop-up retail tenant on short-term lease details.
Activated Spaces Success Story
Clash Consignment Shop
From vacant to Activated, Clash Consignment Shop on East Third Street is one of several recent success stories. The excitement is building and we hope you will join us in writing an Activated Spaces success story by participating in Project Pop-up!
– Photo by Richard L. on Yelp
