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VaderTower t1_ixml9ik wrote

Reply to comment by helloporator in Does anyone know of the plan on West Walnut? by var23

Pretty much anything would be better than rodent infested, condemned, falling down building. Even just grass.

But seriously now, is retail a bad thing downtown? If anything I don't think we have enough retail down there actually selling and keeping people walking around. Maybe 10 shops regularly open at most for retail sales?

Second space is at a premium in denser neighborhoods, because of that if you think you can get the same bed/bath and square footage as somewhere not as dense, it's not practical. So yeah lofts downtown are probably +20% for the same apartment size you'd get on Kansas and Sunshine, but the land bought to turn into lofts is likely more than 20% more downtown anyways.

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helloporator t1_ixmle1q wrote

Retail is good but I feel like it’s just been failing boutiques aside from the food places down there for a while Edit: sp

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VaderTower t1_ixmm8ut wrote

Yeah boutiques seem like the only ones who had been able to sustain the model downtown. But most have left for greener pastures.

I would love to see more options, but I don't know how you create the draw. I'm confident the downtown association has talked this to death but I'm still not sure how we get there.

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helloporator t1_ixmmj42 wrote

Neither am I Here’s to hoping they do something that we can have last there! I will say I’m so glad bosky’s has been doing well there

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VaderTower t1_ixocjza wrote

Same, I'm happy for it as well. Visited a few times now, those potato fries have to be the #1 I've had outside of maybe steak escape from the 90s.

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