Kadair’s closing Florida Boulevard location

Kadair’s, the longtime camera and electronics retailer, is closing its Florida Boulevard location and consolidating most of its operations on Essen Lane. “The city has moved away from the Florida Boulevard area, and we’re just following the demographics,” owner Howard Kadair says. The store will close Friday, although the company will keep some nonretail operations, such as bookkeeping, at the site. Kadair’s was founded in 1946; from the 1960s until the early 1980s, the company had three locations on Florida before consolidating everything into one store. “We’re very excited to put all of our energy in the Essen location,” Kadair says. “That will be our total focus.” The Florida store has nine employees; three are moving to Essen. Kadair says he hasn’t decided what will happen to the building that housed the Florida store.—Timothy Boone