The Old Woolen Mills store, also known as UWM Men's Shop, will be closing its doors due to a lease dispute. The fifth-generation owner and other decision makers have decided to relocate the shop after more than half a century in Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY — An historic shop that's been part of the landscape of downtown Salt Lake City over the past 119 years will be closing its doors.
But good news for loyal customers, they'll just be relocating. A lease dispute has led to the decision for fifth generation owner BJ Strinham and other decision makers with UWM Mens Shop to make the big change, bidding goodbye to Salt Lake City after more than half a century. Historic artifacts from the company's history show how it survived through two pandemics and two World Wars."We used this probably up until 2004," Stringham explained, adding that they used to do everything by hand,"You’d write down the code and then you’d write down how many we had. So that was back before any of our inventory was computerized."
The new building is one they hope will allow them to continue their tailored traditions another century or two.said Stringham."And we’re really excited about the future.""In the late 70s, when they approached my grandfather and they wanted to build Crossroads Mall, we had to change then. We changed from an actual mill to a retail establishment," explained Stringham
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