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Originally Posted by atlantaguy
Naw, you're not a troll - you're just a big Douche Bag (caps intentional).
How fast you seem to forget the D.C. trend of 'facadectomies,' which could be totally applied here. We don't even know Emory's plans, but you're already hellbent on tear 'er down!
You act like the out of control fratboy that never quite fully matured when anyone dares to disagree with you. You just love publicly embarrassing, mocking & scorning anyone that does so. I realize you're from D.C. and were probably weaned on this type of behavior, but it doesn't fly here. All you are doing is causing people to dig their heels in, and rightfully so.
Perhaps you should stick to what you know, and post about Buckhead development. Quit imposing your slash and burn mindset on the urban core.
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Atlgramps - Slow day at the senior center, did they over cook your Salisbury steak again? It's really rich for you to roll in here (again) and do the very same thing you accuse me of.
I will digress and wallow with the pigs and engage you in this discussion. I work with Emory Healthcare on several of their Big Data initiatives. Although I am not aware of their plans for this site, I can assure you 100% Emory is not in the business to piss away money. Either they have a development plan for this site or they have determined the building at present is a hazard. For those of you to demonize them as some scorched earth developer looking to make a quick buck shows your lack of history for this city and the value having such a prestigious institution benefits us all.
Unlike you I approach things from the school of thought and not the school of opinion. If you rationalize doing an adaptive reuse on this building from an economic perspective the math doesn't work. Cost of land/building/renovations/taxes are to high and would scare even the most risk/reward developers away. Second market demand, exactly who the target for an 85 year building with 8 foot ceilings, small windows, proximity to the street, with arguably limited architectural appeal and is located in area that is probably a decade plus away from seeing any discernible growth? Or is your field of vision so limited that you would rather see a 85 year old building sit there and decay for decades more than allow something new in its place?
Where we differ is: I would be over the moon if a developer walked up to Emory and offered them a fair market value price for the property and were to bring the building back to its former glory. However, you are a my way or the highway and would rather the building continue to sit there than see any progress.
So while you are sitting at the center swingin' to the oldies romanticizing about days past, I am living in the year 2017 concerned our City continue on a path of progress.