 It seems as if local developer Keith Woodard’s dreams of a massive nine-story building with the city’s coolest parking garage on the corner of First and Main streets on the Downtown Mall have been definitely deferred. Derrière de Soie, the lingerie store, will move into one of Woodard’s four buildings in the coming months—the store has submitted materials to the Board of Architectural Review. Woodard didn’t want to talk about the details, saying an announcement would come in a few weeks. |
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