A passer-by looks into the new Ballard Buffalo Exchange that will open June 20. BECU next door should open this July.
Buffalo Exchange, a consignment clothing store, will open on Market Street in the former Supercuts space Saturday June 20.
"We'll be ready and rearing to go tomorrow when we open," store manager Geeta Sood said.
The store has had a lot of positive feedback from potential customers leading up to their opening, and employees have high hopes for the store because they are right in the middle of everything in Ballard, Sood said.
"We are very excited to open," she said. We're excited to be in Ballard."
The 2,500 square-foot space was secured by Buffalo Exchange on April 20. The shop is at street level in the Ballard Square at 2232 N.W. Market St.
The Ballard location is Buffalo Exchange's second store in Seattle, since the Capitol HIll location closed. The other Seattle store is in the University District, which opened in 2001. The chain has 36 locations nationally in 13 states.
Next door, Boeing Employees Credit Union is under construction on their new space in the former Tux Shop location. They will be closing their location in the Ballard Safeway.
In March, BECU spokesperson Todd Pietzsch told the Ballard News-Tribune that the credit union had outgrown its Safeway location and is shooting for a July opening on Market Street.
That block of Market Street will see more change in the coming months.
In addition to BECU and Buffalo Exchange opening in vacant storefronts, restaurant La Isla will be expanding to a neighboring space and Supercuts will be opening a new location.
But, the impending closure of Best Regards and Olsen's Scandinavian Foods will add two more vacant storefronts to the mix.