January (year unstated in source)
Avalon International Breads leaves its flagship store
After 25 years at its flagship store on West Willis Street in Midtown Detroit, Avalon International Breads closed that location and moved into a shared space inside Jolly Pumpkin restaurant on West Canfield Street. The building it left behind became available on the market.
Then
The Willis Street building became available. Kitab's owners signed to rent it for their second location.
Now
Kitab's owners aim to become a Cass Corridor staple the way Avalon once was, inheriting the neighborhood role an older institution left behind.
Why this matters now
The same cycle of neighborhood turnover - an old institution leaves, a new one moves in - is visible in Kitab's expansion. The Library Street record may extend that pattern beyond Midtown.