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Exciting Opportunity for Local Creators & Small Businesses! Graffito and Faneuil Hall Marketplace are teaming up to bring an awesome opportunity for local makers, artists, and independent brands! We’re looking for creative, passionate operators to join the Faneuil Hall Marketplace community for the 2025 season. There are 20 small-format retail spaces available—perfect for showcasing your unique products. Why you should apply: ? ?High-visibility, high-traffic location attracting 13K+ visitors daily ? ?The chance to introduce unique products and experiences to the marketplace ? ?Opportunity to join a dynamic retail community The season runs April–October 2025, and applications are open now! Rolling reviews start March 30th, so don’t wait—check out the link below and apply today!

Cannot wait for this...Great work by our very own Angela VanArsdale and David Downing. And congrats to our partners Pembroke and its newest tenant, Union Square Hospitality Group.

This week, the Graffito ID team launched a freshly redesigned website for Somerville-based Broadsheet Coffee Roasters. The new site features a refreshed look and an upgraded e-commerce platform that allows customers to purchase individual bags or subscribe to regular coffee deliveries. With a mission to share their love of coffee with the community, we hope this new website brings their vision to life more seamlessly than ever. Congrats Broadsheet and the GID team for another successful launch!

Big news for the South Shore—Tatte Bakery & Cafe has officially opened in Hingham! This has been a long time coming, and we couldn’t be more excited to see it come to life. Huge thanks to WS Development for all their support along the way in making this happen. Stop by soon and welcome them to the neighborhood!

We are excited to announce our expansion into the Providence market! At the beginning of this year, we launched our Neighborhood Investments + Partnerships practice, led by Noah, with the goal of intentionally translating our neighborhood-based retail approach into select opportunities to directly partner on joint ventures with developers and institutions on longer-term real estate plays. With our new expanded focus and added capacity, and in many short trips from our South Station-adjacent office on Amtrak over the past year, we have become increasingly focused on Providence’s abundance of great collaborators and development opportunities. This move has been spurred by a unique and innovative new partnership with EQT Exeter, a Philadelphia-based global real estate operator with a significant multifamily and retail footprint in Providence’s Jewelry District. Graffito will join the EQT Exeter team to lead?the leasing, management and long-term success of its retail assets in and around the Jewelry District, specifically including 20,000 SF of ground floor space in Emblem 125, a 249-unit residential building at the heart of the district, neighboring Brown Medical School, Johnson & Wales University, and the Providence Performing Arts Center. LEARN MORE about our venture into Providence on our Blog...#GSPxPVD #providence

We are proud and excited to have helped Life Alive Café open their 12th location at the new residential building, and first Phase of USQ development, in the heart of Union Square, Somerville. This bright, colorful, and welcoming space and patio will offer menu items throughout the day as well as a gathering space for this vibrant neighborhood to work and socialize. Life Alive will be joined by other local tenants in this exciting new development in Union Square!

Incredible evening celebrating Boston’s vibrant small business community at the Boston Main Streets Foundation Awards! Entrepreneurs and their support systems form the cornerstone of our local economy, driving innovation and resilience across the city. Last night was a powerful reminder of the passion, hard work, and impact these individuals bring to our communities every day. Shoutout to Eric Esteves for your incredible leadership. Congratulations to all the winners and volunteers! #boston #smallbusiness #bostonmainstreets Graffito SP

Noah recently visited Kansas City to attend the Small Scale Development Forum (SSDF) #22. This was his first time visiting Kansas City, and he had a packed few days exploring the city, meeting with local developers and entrepreneurs, and sampling some amazing BBQ. Some highlights are now on our blog.

Great work by Angela VanArsdale as she continues to lead the Life Alive Café real estate rollout. Their 11th location in Jamaica Plain is now open!

Food crawl #12 is in the books, and Montreal proved to be a strong host city. So many things to learn from, specifically including how to better pedestrianize a street; support, fund, and scale street art (and related festivals); and vend orange julep in large quantities via PVC piping running through a large spherical orange building that can be seen from space. We walked a lot (~ 15 miles on Wednesday), ate a lot (some more than others — I see you, Noah), and laughed a lot (mostly about Dave’s poutine shirt). It was a really great trip. Here are a bunch of photos from the trip, taken by Drew. There's even a video at the very bottom, made by Brooke. Follow along our adventure: