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Neighbors and nearby owners oppose East Tremont liquor application, commissioners weigh sales projections
Summary
Owners of existing East Tremont Avenue liquor stores told the State Liquor Authority that local sales have fallen and the area is saturated; the applicant and a commissioner defended financial projections used to estimate full‑year sales.
Opponents of a proposed East Tremont Avenue liquor store told the State Liquor Authority on Jan. 30 that the neighborhood already has multiple package stores and that several nearby businesses have seen declining sales in recent years. "I don't think it's enough customers for another liquor store over there," one nearby owner told commissioners during the public comment period.
The applicant defended the plan and the board's projection method, which annualizes partial‑year gross receipts. Commissioner Edgar De Leon, who reviewed the submissions, described his approach to estimating a full year from partial sales reports and said that, based on the record, he could support approval in some cases. "For BNN… I take that number divided by 5 and then multiply it by 14," a commissioner said when explaining the holiday‑adjusted projection method used in several hearings.
The board discussed how to weigh opposing business testimony and incomplete financial returns; several commissioners urged completeness of sales data and cautioned against using aggressive extrapolations. The authority did not immediately adopt a single rule for the East Tremont item in public comment; final outcomes for individual applications were recorded later in the meeting.
