Plans of local investors to buy Gen. Cable building are stalled

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    Plans of local investors to buy the General Cable building on Water Street for businesses and possibly housing, are stalled, according to organizer Stuart Shatken.     Shatken said yesterday that "we weren't able to come to terms," with General Cable, and that they have been informed by the company that "they are in negotiations with someone else."     The building houses the operations of Tripod, which employs 66 people, but is moving those jobs to Waltham where Lycos, its parent corporation, is located.     "We've all been stopped dead in our tracks," Shatken said yesterday.     General Cable official Lisa Lawson at the company headquarters in Allen Heights, Ky., did not return a telephone call seeking information yesterday.     Shatken said he heard only that General Cable is in negotiations with "someone from Massachusetts, but not from this area."     "It's a mystery to us," he said. "It's disappointing, because we had a lot of good-spirited people, a community-based group, involved in the scrimmage."     Earlier, Shatken had said that Tripod's move to Waltham would not affect the group's plans for the building, seen as a linchpin for the development of Water Street. Other prospective tenants would take up Tripod's slack, Shatken had said.
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North Adams Clothing Store Moving to Larger Space

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Label Shopper is moving across the parking lot to the former Peebles location in April.
 
The discount clothing store has been located in the downtown's L-shaped mall downtown since 2009. It replaced Fashion Bug, which had been in that spot for 24 years before closing in 2007; the company liquidated in 2013. 
 
Label Shopper is part of Peter Harris Clothes, established in 1970 by Peter Elitzer. Starting as a single store in Latham, N.Y., offering brand-name apparel at discount prices, the company operates more than 70 stores throughout the Northeast and Midwest.
 
The store is set to close on April 6 for the move and reopen on April 9 in the former Gordmans, according to signage. 
 
Gordmans briefly replaced Peebles in the former Kmart until the parent company of the two brands declared bankruptcy and closed its stores in 2020. 
 
At 17,250 square feet, the Gordman's space is at least double the size of Label Shopper's current location.
 
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