CURATED RETAIL: Construction on Free Market — a shopping concept that’s one-part gallery and another part boutique experience — is set to begin this summer. The 10,000-square-foot space is part of Los Angeles developer The Ratkovich Company’s 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-use project The Bloc, which is under construction and set for a fall opening. CNTRLgroup, which was behind the Apolis and Alchemy Works stores in Los Angeles, is heading up the Free Market project. The concept is expected to be a space for large and small men’s and women’s apparel brands, home and food concepts among other businesses. Details on the tenants are expected in the coming months. It will be consistent with the overall vision of the Bloc, which developer Wayne Ratkovich described to WWD late last year as one that would offer visitors a “unique experience.” “Food will be important to the project. Fashion will be important to the project,” he said at the time. “We’re looking at this project as a place that people want to be. They want to visit. It is something that is attractive not just because there is a shop there or a shop here, but because of the experience when you come here.” Wingtip, which bills itself as a
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