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Originally Posted by plinko
Perhaps the vast majority of their corporate employees live in North Phoenix and North Scottsdale? If they all live out there already, why locate 30+ min away? Not everybody is going to or even should work/live downtown.
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In that case, almost all of the business sector should get out of downtown given the daytime population vs. residential numbers.
Choosing to live in an area that is outside the central city and outside the limits of our mass transit system was the personal decision of those employees and if that's the reason, flaunting sustainability is even more of a joke. Opening a HQ and store in a development that is a resource-sucker from the central city and those who choose to live centrally or along mass transit routes is the complete opposite of sustainable. As I said, this will only further drive future residential and commercial development in that area; their decision has an impact that stretches beyond just the location of the office and current employees. Yes, it would've been great to have that downtown. But, it would be even better to finally have a grocery store in the core so there would be some hope of attracting the retail and residential development most on this board here would want to see.
Why would you want that opportunity to not go to a central location, and instead go to a development who described itself as a "2nd downtown" and promote further sprawl?
I'll leave alone the fact that it would be nice if some company, leader, business, ANYONE had the civic pride of someone like Terry Goddard and would want to open their flagship/HQ downtown because it is the heart and core of the city and metro area, especially given that it is in the midst of a renaissance it can't seem to break through.