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Originally Posted by jmj
some are OK, many need to be leveled and replaced with taller buildings. You do realize there are some one and two story buildings on the south side of Market between 9th and 11th. There is a Western Union a 7-11 and other garbage that needs to go. I want to see several of those parcels combined and a large mixed use building constructed. The crowd will go away once you fix the physical surroundings. PREIT is probably just holding the properties they purchased to flip them later.
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Okay, I will give you that we need more apartment and office density in this area and the south side of 900 and 100 blocks of Market aren't giving us any of that. I would just rather it come to the empty lots on Market and Chestnut first before tearing down productive one and two story retail. And I think having a mix of that kind of small-format retail is essential for any downtown so I don't want it to all go away.