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Study: Antioch posts retail sales leakage; council asks staff to pursue broker and business outreach
Summary
A consultant study presented to Antioch council found per‑capita retail leakage in Antioch compared with neighboring cities, strong performance centers at Slaton Ranch and Lone Tree, decline at Summersville Town Center and the mall, and opportunity in business‑to‑business (B2B) taxable sales. Council directed staff to meet with top sales‑tax generators and commercial brokers and to return with quarterly economic‑development updates.
Consultants from Economic & Planning Systems presented a sales‑tax leakage and retail analysis to the Antioch City Council on March 24 that identified pockets of retail strength and clear sources of leakage to neighboring cities.
The report found Antioch has a net retail leakage on a per‑capita basis (roughly $726 per capita in net outflows), driven in part by a contraction in auto sales and the decline of the Summersville Town Center and the mall. Slaton Ranch and the Lone Tree corridor were singled out as the…
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