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Yes Howard's was retail. But it didn't have 200+ residents above it. We now
have a choice to make:
- 200+ units PLUS retail
- OR 200+ units WITHOUT retail.
I don't think anyone will forget that retail (Howard's) was in there before.
Beka
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From: [at] [mailto: [at] ]
On Behalf Of Patrick Goetz
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:08 PM
To: 'Northfield Discussion List'; Nndl@14gram. Com
Subject: [NNADL] The Apartment Monster
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> *From:* [at] [mailto: [at] ] *On
> Behalf Of *Josh Cornett
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:12 AM
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>
> Since I'm going to be able to see this thing pretty well from my
> couch and every time I step out the door, I've been spending a lot of
> time thinking about this and have been going back and forth in my
> head over whether or not I think retail is a good idea over there
> even before I knew there was a variance to be weighed in on. At the
> moment, I'm opposed to a variance and the resulting omission of
> retail for the following reasons:
>
I guess people have forgotten that there used to be a Nursery at that
location, which is not only retail, but retail with the least
restrictive CS zoning. The variance is to allow for mixed-use, not
retail per se. There is actually nothing stopping Walmart from buying
that lot and plopping a small Walmart down there, since (due to some
anomalies in the land use code -- and someone correct me if I'm wrong)
the retail which goes in is allowed to inherit the parking requirements
which applied to the nursery which preceded it.
But hey, maybe this is the solution to everyone's problems. From the
onslaught of NIMBY nndl/nnadl emails which have been filling my inbox of
late, I get the impression that we don't want mixed-use in our
neighborhood while the RG4N neighborhoods do, so maybe everyone would be
happy if Allandale et. al. got mixed use at Northcross Mall and we ended
up with a Walmart at Howards/Parker instead. Just a thought.
(Ironically, the RG4N lawsuit against the city which has the most meat
is that Walmart plans to have a nursery, which requires a conditional
use permit at Northcross and hence a public hearing, which never
happened. If Walmart were planning to build on the Howard's site
instead, they would already have the zoning they need to have a nursery.)
Again, I'm not a proponent of the Endeavor proposal, but I nevertheless
stringently object to A) the character assassination and slander which
has been directed against those who are and B) the Fox News-esque
perversion of reality in which, for example, people like this gentleman
are telling us that "they don't want retail at Howard's", somehow
implying that there was never retail there before and their minds are
completely boggled at the very idea of such a proposal. For heaven's sake.
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