The seven U-shaped, silver hangers at 1442 West 28th Street aren't going anywhere, but they are changing hands. This week, Ohio City Inc. finalized a deal to purchase City Goods, the cluster of 30 small businesses selling everything from organic skincare products to hanging plants and vinyl records.
Liz Painter and Sam Friedman, co-founders of City Goods in Ohio City's Hingetown. The duo sold their retail cluster complex to Ohio City Inc., in a bid to keep it going as a boon to the community.
The move, eighteen months after co-founders Sam Friedman and Liz Painter opened shop, follows the duo's decision to convert City Goods into a nonprofit, believing the model would keep the operation more financially healthy. In 2022, after reading a Scene article highlighting entrepreneur Graham Veysey's build of seven silver"pod" structures near Church + State, Friedman's interest piqued. After a decade in retail, he felt the need to start a small business cluster with a model that favored new talent. Everything besides one's rent—marketing, taxes, signage, maintenance, workers comp—is handled by City Goods management.
"This is a long term investment," Schmitt told Scene, from a table at Lekko Coffee on Detroit Avenue. "A long-range investment by us, to create the brands of tomorrow. They're going to fill the vacant storefronts."
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