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  1. kbates2
    Can't wait to get some f'n Cliff & Winter.
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    I saw further progress on it a bit ago so I guess they got it fixed.
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    Or if something better and more fittting goes up than the international tower.
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    Not sure how long it has been there but you can kind of see the two buildings that were there before on the left in this photo. One was a bank (the far one), and not sure of what the three story building was next to it.
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    Just heard a rumor that Mendocino Farm may be moving into 609 main. Will keep my ear to the ground for you guys.
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    We need a 504 footer.
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    Not quite starting at $3,900. "Units will range from 580 to 2,927 square feet, with the average size unit renting for around $3,900 per month."
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    I don’t think anybody is expecting oil to go much higher that the mid $60s anytime soon.
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    I feel like the downtown homeless population is exploding recently.
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    .....wait, what?
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    Agreed that what I have had from there was very good when they had it. Crazy enough - we have Honeymoon, Coterie, Cafe Firenze, Minuti, etc around and the best coffee that I have had is from our one dry goods store - The Tipping Point. They have a setup in the front and sell coffee at weird hours but it is fantastic.
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    It doesn't close too early. Still open on nights and weekends unlike the Main location. I do agree it would be cool to have been 24 hours and REALLY cool if they had incorporated the fresh grocery/produce offerings that they said they would. I still shop there weekly at least. Yes it is open. I am still not sure if they have had a "Grand Opening" but I have gone here and there for a few months. When they have stuff it is good. The pastry counter is often empty though and they will say they are out of stuff on the menu.
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    Ok man, I won't fight with you. Everything works in all numbers.
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    Also the ability of areas to handle two of something is definitely not equal in all respects. Two Indian restaurants and bars would be quite different than grocers. We have bars all down main across from each other but 7 NBA teams in 7 stadiums across from each other wouldn't work the same. I'm obviously using a lot of hyperbole here but just trying to make the general point.
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    Competition is good but that doesn't necessarily mean that both competitors survive, just that the better one will (or should). This area may well be able to handle two and I would be happier for it. I would hate to lose either but having two over there would be very cool. That said, the initial point is the news of a grocer is awesome but if the grocer was a bit more spread out, the news would be more awesome.
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    I shop at Phoenicia a pretty fair amount and while they have some specialty products for sure, they would still probably suffer more than benefit. That said my comment is really in regards to proximity. I live downtown and would even shop at Phoenicia more often if it was closer to me personally. Adding the second downtown grocer directly next to the current doesn't help to make walking to the grocery store a reality for more downtown residents, just expands the options for the ones that live on that side.
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    Real grocer is awesome, putting them right across the street from our only other grocer is less awesome.
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    They had the Interio Bar sign up on Main. Forgot to take a picture. Looks ready to open.
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    The idea behind the subsidy is that it pays for itself and thensome through increasing the tax base in the long run. The subsidy was thought to be necessary to get the first new residential projects going, which would pay higher taxes in the long run, and to spurn new projects without a subsidy.
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    Which ones do you still have?
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    It gets insanely packed during lunch at this point. Agree on the general lack of charm Sparrow's (?) nest. Wouldn't go just for the bar but the food options will keep me there regularly. That lobby is phenomenal. When I first say Denver's conversion of their Union Station, I thought about what we could do here. With Finn already done, this lobby could be an amazing extension of some sort.
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    Right but not all of the way up right? I looked at 4 units there and none had windows on more than one side and all would fit well in the footprint of this building.
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    Don't Capitol Lofts and Kirby Lofts have many units with only one wall of windows that are fairly deep?
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    Again, UT bought the land and didn't provide a plan for the land. When pressed they said they did not intend to add a four-year university but didn't have any solid plans to assure that. As they had skipped the whole approval process when purchasing and they bought it for a ton from a donor alum, it all looked shady.
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    swtsig doesn't really post sources but is rarely, if ever, wrong about these things.
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