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As quarantine measures are gradually eased and the weather is improving, the frozen commercial area is reviving.
Customers keep coming to the store, which was sluggish, and empty stores are being filled one by one as they rush to prepare for opening.
This is reporter Jae Hee-won.
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There are still empty shops around Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul where rent is expensive, but when you go inside only one alley, the atmosphere is different.
The number of cafes within a 500m radius of this Garosu-gil has increased by about 10 compared to the previous year.
The rate of opening and closing the door has decreased relatively.
The vacancy rate in the Garosu-gil commercial area, which reached 20% at the beginning of last year, fell to 4.4% in the fourth quarter.
The meat restaurant, which was worried about closing due to declining sales, recently had customers waiting, and
[Lee Ji-hoon / Garosu-gil meat restaurant operation: In the past, there was a waiting line only at 6:00 or 6:30, but now the seats are full at 5:00 or 5:30. , in the evening, there are four or five friends who work part-time.]
There is also a cafe where sales have doubled in March.
Last year, the vacancy rate was so high that one out of two shopping malls closed, so I went to the brink of collapse in Myeong-dong, Seoul.
Last week, the country's largest Apple store opened its doors and is slowly recovering its vitality.
[Lee Pung-ok / Real estate agent in Myeong-dong, Seoul: In the past, there were only people who opened stores and there were no people who wanted to rent them, but it is changing a little.
Mainly at restaurants and coffee shops (a lot of inquiries)]
As spring outings flock to hotels and theme parks that were virtually closed, expectations for a recovery in consumer sentiment are growing.