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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
I never said SS was failing and needed re-vitalizing, just responding to those who claim it is failing and providing information community development experts has found to work.
Think about your statement that the developer charges too much rent. How does any successful business think that is better to lose revenue because their ego tells them the property should rent for more than the market will bear? Does that make any sense? Has the Morse family not been successful?
It probably wasn't a smart idea to build office/retain space on a second floor but even the best developers make errors. I'll go back to my experiences working in downtown Nashville. There is an area called the Arcade, a restaurant/shopping area that is roofed over for weather protection and has a second floor. Most of the space on the second floor was vacant because people didn't want to wait for the elevator or use the stairs.
As far as 14 parking spaces being taken by apartment residents, that is like a 5 gallon bucket of water taken out of one of the retention ponds. As I stated earlier there are plenty of parking spaces within a short walk of the square. Many people could benefit from the exercise.
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Never once have I seen a statement from the developers that they were operating SS in the red. The only source I've heard that statement from is the sheeples who for the most part are still in the new home honeymoon period (and just for grins never stepped foot into the original Katie Belle's - Harold's flagship and his mother's namesake). Before you jump to the next comeback what I did not say is "the developers don't have a right to go onto other ventures that will produce higher profit margins". However those ventures are limited to being within the law which includes zoning. I have no issue with the developer requesting "legally" a variance. The declaration of it's their property and they can do as they wish is a total misnomer and neither can anyone of us do as we wish with our properties. I am not saying bibery, blackmail, backroom deals are taking place but something smells fishy to me about the sequence of events that have unfolded.
All I ask is for my representatives (public and private) to stop telling me the yellow liquid on my sneakers is simply a little bit of rain. I really don't care if the developer puts up 7 apartments. Just stop feeding me BS.