Call me old fashioned, if the books balance, I would consider it a win. You are a job creator, providing housing and helping the local community with the store. You may not have started out as a philanthropist, but you earned the title. You have done a wonderful thing with this property.

Painting the store to remove the trees is easier to find the store is not hidden behind the trees. Build new planter boxes that have benches to tables for customers places to hang outside.

Ive been in the liquor game for over 30 years ... 1. remove the tree completely. 2. repaint external bricks and maybe with signage (not branded signs unless they are paying you) 3. minimise the stock holding you have there - for a store doing avg $16k thats a lot of stock there tying up your cashflow. 4. Coolroom (cooler) you could expand (and clean) using same compressor allowing all beer to be stored. 5. if not in budget, get those open cases off the floor and place a shelf above the shelves - free up more space. 6. Use as much vertical space as possible - I have a motto on shelves, HIGH (top near ceiling - super premium) HEAD (high ticket items, low turnover) EYE (your high profit lines) HIP (high turnover - less room to fall off) LOW (low margin, slow moving)

Yes , trees should go but one concern would be people falling off of that high sidewalk. Maybe put more planters all the way across for safety ?

Keep the tree, it add's personality, brings nature closer and adds shade and personality, store looks great.

Hardest part of any business, is always the people (employees). As if the business isn't hard enough....personnel problems make it 10x worse

I use to live in Pierce I've been in this store about 10 times. It looks 100% better more selection and more bright!

I wouldn’t underestimate the possible seasonality of the business. Once you get some more time under your belt, you’ll have a better idea obviously.

Yes, cut down the trees, paint the building, and get a large lighted sign.

Love that your transparent about owning a liquor store. Ive been collecting tons of data the past 2 yesrs and searching for the right store / motivated seller. Im willing to sacrifice net for safety, the most profitable stores are always in the hood but i found a happy medium based on location. Knowing your client base is everything

cmon man, the tree is awesome, value add for the community. work with it

My brother and I have a liquor store and just like anything else, location is key. We are in the heart of Baltimore and we are walking distance for a lot of people. It's definitely an inventory heavy business, but to get sales up, you're going to have to run promotions better than your closest competition and maybe starting a delivery service if your state/county allows it. You have to figure out if you're going to be a high volume/low margin business, or a low-mid volume/high margin business.

Giant sign sounds good and thinning out the tree maybe. Cameras.

I like the trees with twinkle lights in them year round. Just clean them up. No white wires. Planters need tending as well. Like the idea of big signage across the top of the bldg. What’s the name of the store anyway? Deli is a great idea. Like the laundromat idea too.

Put up a sign. A big one that says liquor. Will do wonders for business. Right now hard to see what is in the building.

like the vids , man. keep them coming. I would remove trees and white planter boxes . Maybe go with one or two bigger planters. Maybe try and move ice machine to side of building. Just declutter the front and make more room to walk. a good power wash on the front concrete and steps . my 2 cents.

I would think trimming the trees should be fine. Trees make places nicer. People come to nice places. Maybe put some benches out so people can eat their donuts/enjoy their coffee there in summer? This will show there is a shop just as fine.

I hate stores and restaurants with outdoor seating in full sun. I'd say keep the trees, but trim them. It would look too stark without them, unless you plan more planters in replacement.

You could trim the tree so that it has fewer spread branches. This would allow you to keep it. I like the tree.

What about some box hedges? They would keep people safe from falling, you could see the building and they are easy to maintain and for Christmas you can put the net lights on them.