Lost clothes found: Happy reunion for spurned dry cleaning customers

Sue Koski, who recently opened Tiara Cleaners, said she found a variety of items — including shirts, pants and jackets — that were stuck in the store since the previous shop, Colonnade Cleaners, closed in July.

The new dry cleaning shop at Ann Arbor's Colonnade Shopping Center on Eisenhower Parkway has secured the clothes that were stuck in the shop since the previous operation closed in July.

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Customers who lost their clothes when Colonnade Cleaners closed are welcome to stop to get them from the new shop.

"They can come over and they can take a look and if they find theirs, they can take it," Koski said.

Koski said she's unsure whether all of the clothes that were left from the previous shop are still there.

Colonnade Cleaners closed quickly and mysteriously in July, leaving many customers without their items and the landlord saying he couldn't access the facility immediately with a court-ordered eviction notice.

One customer, Linda Edwards-Brown, told AnnArbor.com in August that she had already been waiting eight weeks for her items.

“I’ve been over there probably a dozen times or more,” she said at the time. “People have their clothes in there and can’t get them out. I spoke with a woman who said she has $500 worth of clothing in there.”

The new shop, Tiara Cleaners, offers a variety of services, including dry cleaning, alterations and wedding dress preservation.

Koski also owns Country Cleaners in Belleville and Gault Village Cleaners in Ypsilanti.

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