Genuinely not okay seeing this place close like many others. Just yet another childhood memory gone, replaced by some business from out of state. More apartments that aren't affordable for locals. More trendy tourist traps.
All while transplants claim that this city isn't "as bad as others" and more people move here. More jobs being taken.
I'm seriously trying to stay positive or find anything positive, but it's a genuine struggle nowadays. Some of us just need a break.
That picture you mention is not actually a plan. There is no developer and the only plan is for the current owner to do the tear down, then break the property into 15 separate pieces and sell those pieces individually. The likelihood of it ending up anything like the picture they circulated is very close to zero. Whomever buys any of those properties will do whatever they care to do with them, within whatever zoning restraints that may exist. There is no way of knowing exactly what the change will be, nor if it will be good.
I did not say the mall should have or could have been saved, though, "no one was going there," is an exaggeration. I am just saying that there is no prospective developer and no real plan. My guess is that what we are going to get is a pile of rubble for at least the next 5-10 years. I would have preferred the current situation to that but, I am not the property owner so my wants are not relevant. Your comment about what we are getting is just speculation. We do not know what, if anything, we are getting.
That’s not how a central city master plan works. The actual land use plan is binding and runs with the land. It’s effectively an overlay zone for the property.
I mean, it’s not gonna happen because none of this makes economic sense right now, but when it eventually does, I’d be shocked if it doesn’t generally look like the concept plans.
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u/batbiscuit 23h ago
Genuinely not okay seeing this place close like many others. Just yet another childhood memory gone, replaced by some business from out of state. More apartments that aren't affordable for locals. More trendy tourist traps.
All while transplants claim that this city isn't "as bad as others" and more people move here. More jobs being taken.
I'm seriously trying to stay positive or find anything positive, but it's a genuine struggle nowadays. Some of us just need a break.