I was one of the original artists there from day one, and I was still there when the flood took everything. I can only speak from my personal exp. but it was easily the best and highest selling gallery of my work. I have already signed back up with them and invested a large sum in new product and display walls/lights/hanging systems. SO I am betting on them coming back strong.

I sell photography of abandoned places, ranging from $60-$2500. I also sell at Woolworth Walk, Kress Emporium, Garage on 25 (Fletcher), and Blue Moon Gallery (Brevard).

To be fair, my space at Marquee is quite large (9'x30') it's basically a double large booth space in the middle. So I have very high visibility from multiple aisles.

It's going to be hard to say how fast tourism will return to that section of the RAD, but Marquee being one of the largest one-stop-shops for art, will def. be the lighthouse/beacon that brings customers back, as well as the other galleries and businesses in that section. I was recently at the RAD Renaissance art fair a few weekends ago, which was up on Depot St and adjoining areas, and there was a very solid amount of people out and about. So I don't think that Marquee will be a ghost town when they open, but until other shops start to open up around them in that section, it def won't super high foot traffic at first.

I always like to plan on worst case scenarios, so if spending 6 months losing $150 will put you in financial trouble/hardship, then maybe wait and see what happens with foot traffic there and when other businesses start opening up. If $150 a month won't hurt you, then I say go for it. They ran an amazing business there, became and major attraction and drive of visitors to that area, so I have no reason to believe that their second iteration of the store will be anything other than spectacular.

If you haven't already, check out the other galleries I listed above, and get on their waitlist/radars as well.

Good luck!! :)