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Originally Posted by ardecila
You seem to be pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. The architecture reminds me of this...
Do you know if the developers approached Fresh Market for the grocery space? I'd love to get one of those in the city, even if it is in a power center... lol. They make the best bread, so it's totally worth it (the best, Jerry!). However, I've heard that they're legendary for being very picky about store locations.
The "Carrollton Central Plaza" needs to have some decent bike parking - not just those awful afterthought bike racks that retailers tend to throw in, where you can only lock the front wheel (I can't even do that, since I have 28-inch rims on my road bike).
At the very least, a Rolling Rack. You can't tell me there's no way to make those numbers work. A little bit more expensive are the great Where Ya' Rack racks, or the architect could put together a custom design that goes with
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They actually approached every grocer in the entire region including Fresh Market and some that aren't even in LA (Such as Publix) but it's not an industry that's currently expanding and is pretty risk adverse to begin with since many of them (Winn Dixie) are still in bankruptcy.
Looks like Fresh Market will be the ground floor retailer of the Hyatt so we'll have one here.
The architect and the owner of the property are both VERY progressive so I'm sure once the neighborhood meetings start back up once they get tenants those racks would be something they'd give a look at.