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Originally Posted by left of center
I wish those buildings could have been reconfigured so all the parking would be in the rear and away from Archer Ave. It's kind of a weird set up however, with no clear alley behind the buildings. There is an alley coming in from Robinson, but it would not be able to go through all the way to Wood, so even if they were able to extend it behind the buildings (not sure who owns that land, however), it would be a rather long dead end alley. Not ideal for a variety of reasons.
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I kind of embrace the weird typologies that Chinese developers are building.
It certainly doesn't conform to US or Euro standards of urbanism, but it's still pretty dense. If the parking can make retail viable instead of a bunch of empty storefronts, then maybe it's worth it to get true mixed use. There's never gonna be enough foot traffic on this piece of Archer to support pedestrian retail, sadly.
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