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Longtime Madison gift store Persnickety is closing as its owner is retiring.

Developer Bridgforth Rutledge has purchased the property on the historic Madison Avenue corridor.

The existing building will be torn down to make way for five new buildings.

The new development will include retail, office space, and restaurants.

Longtime Downtown Madison home accents and gifts store Persnickety is going out of business as owner Ben Rogers is retiring.

Perhaps the bigger news is that local developer Bridgforth Rutledge has bought the property from Rogers and has big plans moving forward.

Now, Rutledge has plans to tear down the buildings on the property and replace them with the construction of five buildings for retail, office space and restaurants along the histor

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