Schenectady

A popular downtown Troy retailer, Bluebird Home Decor, will leave for downtown Schenectady, where it will expand its operations in the recently renovated Foster Building complex, occupying a newly renovated space at the corner of State and Lafayette Streets.

Bluebird owner Nicolle Broughton is aiming to open in July.

Bluebird, in business four years, focuses on unique vintage, antique and artisan home decor items.

"We believe strongly in experiential retail that promotes walkability inside our cities," said Jeffrey Buell, president and CEO of Sequence Development, which renovated the buildings. "No one is better at that — or creates an atmosphere to promote that — quite like Nicolle Broughton and Bluebird Home Decor."

Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority is provide a $75,000 grant to Sequence to help pay for facade renovations to 514 State St.