{"id":251466,"date":"2026-04-04T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251466\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:12:25","slug":"after-20-years-in-real-estate-fresno-man-bets-on-a-different-kind-of-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251466\/","title":{"rendered":"After 20 years in real estate, Fresno man bets on a different kind of find"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dyer-the-thrift-valut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"thrift store\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer examines a pair of red Puma sneakers with Thrift Vault owner Brandon Bottoms during the store&#8217;s grand opening Friday at 7034 N. Cedar Ave. Photo by Ben Hensley<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on April 3, 2026 &#8211; 2:24 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/ben-hensley\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hensley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A startup secondhand storefront opened in Fresno Friday, promising a curated thrifting experience focused on designer and name-brand items.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and the Fresno Chamber of Commerce joined The Thrift Vault for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, April 3, celebrating the grand opening of the store located at 7034 N. Cedar Ave. north of Herndon Avenue. It is the first brick-and-mortar retail venture for owner Brandon Bottoms, a longtime Fresno resident and former Realtor.<\/p>\n<p>Bottoms said the storefront is only a small part of the business. Starting Sunday, The Thrift Vault will offer its full inventory through its <a href=\"https:\/\/thethriftvault.com\/password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online store<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to jump into the retail sector after two decades of work in real estate stemmed from both Bottoms\u2019 desire to interact with customers as well as filling a niche interest in thrifting and resale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-thrift-vault-interior.jpg\" alt=\"people in a store\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"  \/>Shoppers browse the racks at The Thrift Vault during its grand opening Friday in north Fresno. The secondhand retailer specializes in designer and name-brand clothing, shoes and accessories. Photo by Ben Hensley<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always done it on the side,\u201d Bottoms said. \u201cOut of the house, out of the garage, just meeting people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bottoms said the store focuses on sourcing the kinds of items that thrift shoppers often search for but rarely find under one roof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s going out and they\u2019re looking for the gem, the home run,\u201d Bottoms said. \u201cThey want to find that Gucci shirt. They want to find the Fendi pair of shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Thrift Vault sources merchandise through auctions, estate sales, thrift stores and individual sellers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer examines a pair of red Puma sneakers with Thrift Vault owner Brandon Bottoms during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-251466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}