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Old 02-15-2021, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut View Post
Their "Katie Belles" that was losing money every month. They couldn't make money on air conditioning, ice water, and free entertainment. Like any business, they had to stop the bleeding. A good thing was lost as a result of many self-indulgent individuals who thought they had the right to occupy a business and not support it through their patronage.

It was a business that failed. Now the owners want to replace it with apartments and add additional apartments to other unused 2nd story properties, all totaled perhaps 20-25 apartments. Hardly a crowd of hundreds. Parking won't be an issue, KB needed over 180 spaces, unless the apartment dwellers each have 8 cars, things should be OK in this department.
As I mentioned previously, I'm more concerned about accommodation for golf carts owned by these apartment residents.

Will there be a long secure golf cart garage for them? Somewhere close enough to the back entry of the stairs, so they can bring groceries inside? If there is, that means it would also be a building in close proximity to public access from the parking lots. This would need to be addressed, because apartments or not, it is still a place where the public is welcome, and those parking spaces are needed for all visitors.

I wouldn't have any problem with apartment residents in the squares at all, otherwise. Bedrooms can be built to face the parking lot, so live music would be no bother to them at all.