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BrentO

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  • Birthday 11/10/1973

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    Montie Beach
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    Sailing, music, Jeeps

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  1. I'm sitting at a desk in Caroline as we speak: I'm leasing a desk in the coworking room. I've followed other coworking setups like Citizen Space in other cities, and I was really excited that Matthew & Ned started one in Houston. I've telecommuted for years, and the cafe thing gets old after a while. It's nice to have a space that feels cafe-ish (regular crowd, laid-back atmosphere) with the bonus of having a real desk where I can leave my gear. I'm using my cellular data card because the WiFi's not ready yet, and I can't wait until that goes live. That'll be the turning point that brings people in here on a regular basis.
  2. That's funny! I drove past the Target site a while ago, saw your building going up, and thought, "Wow, whoever had the foresight to pick up this property was a genius." Now I know the genius! The property is looking great.
  3. Sure. I drive to wherever I'm going (like the Target with food on San Felipe), park and go in. Once inside, I go to the Starbucks for coffee, then shop for everything I need, and then I go back out to the car. I'm only outside twice. Did it this weekend, in fact. Their grocery selection has gotten good enough to where I only need to shop at two places - Central Market and Target. If you're talking about small boutique shopping for clothes or home accessories, it's usually much more convenient to do the car thing during summer because you can usually pull right up to the door, or within 30-40', of most small shops. However, if you want to walk from shop to shop, odds are you're not stopping in every single shop. I don't have much use for Cisco, Abercrombie & Fitch, half a dozen Chinese and Thai restaurants in a row, etc. It makes more sense to drive past those in AC and get to the stores you really want to get to. Plus you don't have to carry bags around while you shop, which is a pain in the rear. When I go into a bookstore, I want to be able to browse around for an hour or more, and you don't want to be rustling a bunch of bags shifting from hand to hand in a place like that.
  4. If I read this right, you're asking for an outdoors mall like Rice Village. I love Rice Village, and I go all the time - during the winter. But when the temperature breaks 85 and the humidity is giving the temp a run for its money, outdoors shopping and walking around is out of the question. Plus, the way The Village is organized, it's almost impossible to find a parking space on the weekends. Target doesn't have an interest in building the kind of shopping area where other shops are in close proximity, close enough to walk to. They want you to go into the Target and get EVERYTHING you need - food, drugs, CDs, clothes, you name it. They even partner with Starbucks to put restaurants inside the stores. Why would they want to have other retail stores close enough to be an impulse purchase? Going after Target is barking up the wrong tree. If you want to change this (not like you could), you would want to target the developer.
  5. Well, this is Houston - think more along the lines of a strip club above the lingerie department.
  6. Here's the Google Maps satellite photo of the site, and it corresponds to the site plans. Helpful for those of us who aren't so familiar with the specific warehouses: Google Satellite Map
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