Bakery, Candy Shop to Open on Washington Street

In the coming weeks, two empty storefronts on Washington Street will be transformed into Marblehead's newest businesses - a bakery and a candy shoppe.

According to local Remax real estate agent Rich Cooper, the space at 152 Washington St., formerly rented by , has been claimed and will be turned into a candy shoppe.

Just two doors down, the former home of the , located at 146 Washington St., will be reopening as a bakery, he said.

Cooper said construction inside both spaces is expected to begin next week and added that Gerry Kaplan, who helped him rent out the bakery, has coined the area "calorie corner."

Both properties were recently featured in our weekly Visions of Vacancies column and one of our readers actually would do well in the former Sea Gull space.

Neither business has made their future name public, Marblehead Patch will be posting additional information as it becomes available.