pstokely wrote:Have all those non-profits in the mall like that cat adoption place or the election office gotten eviction notices? Don't they get tax breaks for giving those places free or reduced rent? All the remaining for profits in that mall on long term or short term leases? Has the Glenwood art house gotten an eviction notice?
Zip, zero, nada.
There are no tax breaks for giving a not-for-profit a break on rent. IRS says no way Jose'.
Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
mistervinix wrote:Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
mistervinix wrote:Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
I don't really see the Metcalf neighborhood putting up much of a fight. Mission has more of a local business, community feel to it. Wal-Mart on Metcalf would be just adding to a list of tenants along Metcalf that includes Home Depot, Red Lobster, and K-Mart.
mistervinix wrote:Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
I don't really see the Metcalf neighborhood putting up much of a fight. Mission has more of a local business, community feel to it. Wal-Mart on Metcalf would be just adding to a list of tenants along Metcalf that includes Home Depot, Red Lobster, and K-Mart.
Dont forget all the wonderful empty car dealerships.
mistervinix wrote:Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
I don't really see the Metcalf neighborhood putting up much of a fight. Mission has more of a local business, community feel to it. Wal-Mart on Metcalf would be just adding to a list of tenants along Metcalf that includes Home Depot, Red Lobster, and K-Mart.
K-Mart has been closed for weeks. And the "flash cube" office towers across the street seem to be mostly empty. So the area has a lot of "gaps", so to speak.
I've often wondered how the existing theater could be tied into the Metcalf side of the development, given the elevation difference. There is an opportunity to do something a little different here, but what are the chances of that?
Owen Buckley, president of Lane4 Property Group Inc., said the restaurant closed recently after its new landlords agreed to buy out China Star’s lease.
“Their lease went on and on and on,” Buckley said. “We wanted to be able to control that site, and they wanted out.”...
Mary Joyce, who attended one of the April meetings, said she and fellow residents of the nearby Nall Hills subdivision “are anxious to see what the plans are for the sites on both sides of 95th Street.”
“I think it’s funny the developer has been mum since that PR meeting,” Joyce said.
According to Buckley, he warned those who attended the April meetings that “we would be mum for a while.”
Was in the shopping center with Micro Center (93rd and Metcalf)
it's at least 50% empty on the small storefronts. So that's three corners with poor retail coverage.
A great example that having the only type of a store in the region doesn't mean your shopping center will do well if you can't get people out of their cars.
flyingember wrote:Was in the shopping center with Micro Center (93rd and Metcalf)
it's at least 50% empty on the small storefronts. So that's three corners with poor retail coverage.
A great example that having the only type of a store in the region doesn't mean your shopping center will do well if you can't get people out of their cars.
Yeah, that center seems to have done poorly since Marshall's and Border's closed. It will be a struggle to get it back to "robust". The flashcube office towers to the south are also struggling, if a half-empty (or more) parking lot is any indication.
flyingember wrote:Was in the shopping center with Micro Center (93rd and Metcalf)
it's at least 50% empty on the small storefronts. So that's three corners with poor retail coverage.
A great example that having the only type of a store in the region doesn't mean your shopping center will do well if you can't get people out of their cars.
Yeah, that center seems to have done poorly since Marshall's and Border's closed. It will be a struggle to get it back to "robust". The flashcube office towers to the south are also struggling, if a half-empty (or more) parking lot is any indication.
the area even has some good things too that could be built on for a pedestrian focus, Metcalf has one of the single longest separated bike lanes in a commercial corridor in the region.
