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Richmond-area residents who shop, eat and hang out in Carytown already know that the dining and shopping district is a hip and happening place.

Now global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed it, ranking Carytown as one of the top 15 trendiest retail markets in the country for connecting to millennials and incubating retail trends.

Cushman & Wakefield’s “Cool Streets of North America” report released this week ranks Carytown high in walkability and diversity, and it gives the neighborhood top marks for the variety of restaurants, music, arts, vintage stores and nightlife offerings.

Carytown, according to the report, exemplifies “prime hipness,” peaking in hipness along a spectrum that ranges from “edgy/cool” for those just cracking the coolness spectrum to “up and coming” to “gone mainstream.”

“The beauty of Carytown is that it does not have your typical standard retail that you see everywhere. It’s got that eclectic mix of retailers,” said Lee Warfield, president and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, the Henrico County-based real estate brokerage that is a member of the global Cushman & Wakefield alliance of firms.