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A weekly dispatch of pre-market signal for Southern California retail — permits, liquor licenses, and planning-agenda filings, each with a one-line read on what it means.

A Sample Read

Building Permit · Tustin

Yogurtland — The District

First franchise permit filed in this center in eighteen months.

The landlord is finally backfilling the dark inline beside the anchor. Expect two more QSR follow-ons before fall.

Type-47 License · Costa Mesa

17th Street — former retail bay

A full-bar license where a counter-serve used to be.

A sit-down concept is coming. Reset your asking on the neighboring vacancy — the comp just moved.