Customers entered the Mishawaka Circuit City last week to take advantage of price reductions during the chain's liquidation. Circuit City, which recently closed its smaller format store in South Bend, is expected to close its doors by late March. The closing will add more vacant retail space to the market.
Customers entered the Mishawaka Circuit City last week to take advantage of price reductions during the chain's liquidation. Circuit City, which recently closed its smaller format store in South Bend, is expected to close its doors by late March. The closing will add more vacant retail space to the market.

By HEIDI PRESCOTT, South Bend Tribune Staff Writer

hprescott@sbtinfo.com

In the throes of the recession, the local retail real estate market is taking a beating. Vacancies are growing, rents are falling, and leasing activity, in the foreseeable future at least, is expected to remain about as strong as a water faucet trickle.

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