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  1. UtterlyUrban
    Good! "Motive Center?" and, out of curiousity, what the heck is "Motive"? (Scurries off to google)......
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    It's good to see this space filling up with a coffee shop or otherwise. But I disagree that coffee shops are desperately needed downtown.
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    Downtown is packed with food eateries that are open 7 days a week. Anyone who suggests otherwise likely has not been in downtown in years.
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    I don't live there but I am told that OPP has two levels of parking for Phoenicia and guests and then 4 levels on top of that for residents. And the parking garage is a full block wide.
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    OPP is a block. i didn't realize that this apartment building was a block and a half. Thank you.
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    Two levels of resident parking for 260 apartments? Man, that doesn't seem like enough? That new market square tower has what? 350 units and has, what? 8 levels of parking? OPP has 325 units or so and has 4 levels of residential parking?
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    This confuses me a bit. Are you saying that you think that Amazon will be using their WF retail stores as food delivery distribution locations? Or, said another way, you envision that there will be "pickers" roaming the isles picking orders for home delivery?
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    How does one paint tile and expect it to stick in an exterior application?
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    I need to go to the midtown Sears. It must have some kind of magical essence to have survived this long. They should package its mojo as a cure for cancer.
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    Well, assuming that the deal closes. Keep in mind that It might not....... amazon and WF have signed a merger agreement. The joint company announcement is silent as to "detailed terms" of that agreement so I don't know what it says. But a few things to consider: First, This deal will need anti-trust approval. I believe that this deal will not be challenged by the government. Next, since WF is public, there may be a way for a competing bidder to enter the ring. There is likely a punative breakup fee that would make anyone think twice before diving in but, they might still. Finally, it could also be (unlikely) that the shareholders don't like the price and don't approve the sale when it comes to a vote. So, while I agree that this deal is likely going to happen, it's technically not a "done deal" yet. all that said, I do think that later this year (likely this fall), that Amazon will own Whole Foods but I don't think that fact will alter this store.
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    No. it will be NoEaDo
  12. UtterlyUrban
    Perhaps this hotel will look lovely in person. However, the published images either leave me flat or make me wince.
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    Cspwal: its interesting that you sense a difference in downtown pre and post Super Bowl. Personally, I don't. I do sense a difference around the GRB but that vision wasn't fulfilled because of the Super Bowl. Otherwise, in the rest of downtown, I just see a steady march of new residential coming online and some new entertainment venues. Again, nothing to do with the Super Bowl IMO. that said, in light of your thoughts, I am going to reassess my thinking. You may well be correct and I just don't see it.
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    What? And cover up all that glorious "brickwork?" Shame on you. every member of the planning commission and every elected politician in the city should feel a huge sense of shame.
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    In will be great when this complex fills up!
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    Yep. Those "Ambassadors" are terrific men and women. Friendly and always smiling. Always saying hello. Proactive. Well trained and a credit to themselves and the city they represent. I find them fantastic and a great resource. If we had a few more of them, tourists might actually remember them more than the bums and the crazies that they have to dodge.
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    At lunch time M-F and even during the day, I am personally always surprised how many "tourists" are in the tunnels. How do I know that they are "tourists"? Well, I don't know for sure but when one sees momma bear wearing shorts a tee and sandals, daddy bear wearing cargo shorts and a tee and kiddie bears of all ages, And the whole family "wandering for food, hair salons, or jewelry repair", i can make a bet that they aren't going to work in an office. Lots of folks --- including lots of "tourists", kids on "group dates" (during the summer) -- use the tunnels other than local worker bees.
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    I seem to recall that using explosives to blast away stumps from a new field or get rid of large boulders was a "common" (and I use that word loosely) practice as new lands were being settled and farmed.
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    ^^^^ this will look great, I believe.
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    Looking at the May 17th posts here and the PDF contained in them, is it fair to assume that greenstreet is essentially now being marketed as an office concept that contains restaraunts and a hotel? There seems to be no effort to attract non-food/entertainment retail in that brochure? wasnt the entire point of selecting Dallas as the new "retail corridor" (and spending millions of tax dollars) to leverage Greenstreet (among others) as a retail location? Has midway now formally moved in a different direction?
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    I do hope that you are correct. however, in 1 square mile in downtown, we already have 100,000 "high wage office workers" who commute in daily. We also have, what?, 20,000-50,00 "affluent" consumers within a few mile radius. But, nothing except retail crickets........... While I hope that you are correct -- i REALLY hope you are -- personally I now believe that downtown will be an "entertainment" destination, not supported by dry goods retail for many, many more years. Gosh, I hope that i am wrong but I just don't see that it is going to happen.
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    Mighty glad the city spent millions of tax dollars to upgrade the street for exactly this purpose!
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    It's over priced. http://www.wine.com/v6/Eisele-Vineyard-Cabernet-Sauvignon-2013/wine/165361/Detail.aspx And so is the Dalla Valle next to it.
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    Me too. my current belief is the following: 1) the hotel will drive demand for things like restaurants and pubs (which downtown already has a plethora of) and 2) do nothing to help downtown attract the viable dry goods/garment merchants that were envisioned when the decision was taken to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on Dallas street improvements.
  25. UtterlyUrban
    I wish to understand. Your point is that as a result of rail construction, small businesses will fail and huge businesses will win?
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