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Originally Posted by ltsmotorsport
I think ground floor retail is essential for every project. It might not look like the best idea right now because people have forgotten about J street being a retail zone, but once more projects come along with more residents (metropolitan, cathedral, epic, cap grand) those spaces will be vital for those residents needs and hopefully revitalize that, and any other corridor as somewhere to go instead of somewhere to avoid. I would rather have that space sit empty for a while than need it down the line and not have it available.
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At the Skylife Workshop that Schmoe and I had the opportunity to attend, a couple of the speakers who were architects and city planners from Vancouver, SD, SF and Portland noted that Sacramento already has a glut of available ground level retail space, which might be contributing to the negative image that some residents of the surrounding region have of DT Sacramento.
What the speakers suggested as a way of avoiding a glut of retail space and empty storefronts, was to encourage some new residential projects to design units on the ground level, that open on onto the street in some fashion.....<<<There are many creative ways of doing so.
So while there are benefits to encouraging developers to put in some ground level retail; requiring too much may actually work against what Sacramento is trying to accomplish and may actually contribute to blight.
What Sacramento needs, is a healthy balance.
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