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Theres not much hope for that to be honest. Agave and Rye bought that building for 1.4 million to open the restaurant and as far as I can tell, its a successful business model for them. I don't foresee them getting in to the development game unless the business tanks.

Toro. That's a plot twist. And I love it. Without them, there would be more food deserts in the city where IGA may have finally pulled out. Plus they are better than IGAs with more international foods too. If anyone doesn't know, its also the same owner as LA Michoacana Supermarkets. I think we are at a point where there's a couple factors. I think developers are playing with chicken and egg. I think for too long the question has been 'are there enough people for a grocer' (other than Hills) and growth has been modest. Now, that multiple grocers may be available, that may drive more growth, particularly if there seems to be a sudden potential oversaturation. I think downtown is also at the point for the feasibility of an additional grocer and multiple developers are vying to be the first and last one standing even if its a little early for 4 downtown grocers. Plus pulling from surrounding neighborhoods, particularly the east and west sides.

Meh. I think trash is a strong word for a generally decent redevelopment of such a large area. There's opportunities but find a development that doesn't have any. Sure a reduction sucks but again, there's lots of external factors right now. I loathe the 4th and 5th building but I'm not willing to banish a pretty strong urban developer to the suburbs over something like this or that building. So much east of 4th in IV and Weinland Park probably wouldn't exist without the power house of Thrive driving it. For something like that, you take the good with the bad tucked away against a highway ramp. Know what's actual trash? Interest rates, material costs, labor shortages, highway dependence etc.

To be fair, this rendering doesn't accurately capture the ramp. There is nothing left to line except the highway ramp. Maybe adding a small L turn to the North building to extend south a little but still, nothing particularly gained or lost either way. And the city is considering reconfigurations. I'm much less upset because while it has a large parking lot, nothing about this prevents future minor infill. And the parking lot isn't actually abutting any pedestrian areas.

That really was an epic failure

That's the same issue with a different garage screen. Its still not incorporating the garage and masking it behind offices, apartments, etc from the main street. It is what it is off alleys etc, but the garage should not be so obviously facing main corridors. I Get they need parking but it is so universal that even a good example is just a better garage screen cover?

I'm really curious why its so hard to smoothly integrate a grocery story, specifically, in to a mixed used building. Even when they are, they are often either off set from the mixed use part or buffered with a parking deck. That buffer or separation seems to be the rule rather then the exception.

I don't think I ever realized there were more buildings behind the daycare.

Does the Greyhound building even have an elevator to facilitate the need for this type of jazz? ;-)

The old 'penetrator' systems. Akron got rid of theirs. Battle Creek just voted to double down on theirs and keep it in place for decades to come.

It won't. This is all parking garage windows.

The efficiency of this build seems incredible to me. As it continues to rise, I do wish there was a mesh screen on each of the parking deck windows. That's something that keeps sticking out to me is the future visibility of the cars from the new Plaza.

'Business district'.... aka strip mall/out lots

They shouldn't be. Stain is somewhat different and some of this might be stained. But you shouldn't be painting the structural underside unless they have otherwise waterproofed above with a solid surface that will not expose them to moisture. So if the water is shedding off the deck to the rail and not down through the deck, probably fine. But if it's a traditional deck build, then it's not advisable. Holds moisture and hides deterioration If you do. And just because you shouldnt doesn't mean folks won't. Also, the ends of some of these balconies look terrible with 4 2x10 laminated together that are uneven.

That's eating alot of right of way. To squeeze in the understanding would have to be that it would be smaller by the time you factor in right of ways, grading, access points over or under railroads, etc. And that's fine. I think a 10-15k amphitheater would be great there but I dont know what they're feasibility is for that. If the goal is to compete with the others, then not sure that fits the bill. The best best for a true competitor of 20k+ in town is going to be other under utilized river front property elsewhere. But then you have to have even more space for parking where as the AD has built in parking abundance.