A drive through with space for six vehicles could mean a Sonic, it would be a vastly better location than Penn and 96. The article is very vague about everything else, just saying that they plan multiple new out buildings.
I think it's silly that there were even fences to begin with. Buildings in large cities like New York can operate just fine without fences. Some of them use large planters and others have pedestrian benches to stop people from driving cars into the building. The MSP Headquarters offers an interesting narrative between who the fence is protecting though.
Not surprising to see this. The move should have very little effect on downtown in the short term, but it would seem that this would make an expansion of the building a little more likely at some point in the future.
BTW, I doubt the City has forgotten about the proposed parking ramp south of Kalamazoo, I consider it almost an inevitability.
I've always thought Krogers should take over the EDS building as it's a better location, it would also allow them to renovate it while staying open in their current building which is getting pretty rundown. I would think it will be some kind of retail though, regardless of use It'll be great to see that building getting used again.
I'm curious to see if that building on Penn is anything interesting. Here's to hoping it's a business with huge growth potential, even better if it's something cutting edge. Probably just a place to draw blood or something though...
This building would be an infinitely better location than those run down, forgotten about storefronts on Southland. The area would have to be bustling for those to fill in with any high value businesses. The EDS location however, would be as good a retail location as you could get on the Southside besides being on Cedar or Edgewood. Whether new construction or not, retail would seem to be by far the best use of the site. Although if the redevelopment were retail it would make the rezoning odd given the zoning descriptions you found. Who knows. As I mentioned before though, both the Cedar and MLK corridors seem to be on a decent upswing and putting the EDS site back to use would help a lot.
I'm gonna guess that it's getting rezoned towards actually using it for a warehousing. Maybe something like the Meijer warehouse on Creyts Road. It would be great if it were an Amazon distribution center.
If they do it right I think they should get good business. There's not a lot to do on the southside and from their Fb page it looks like there will be more than just skating.
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BTW, I doubt the City has forgotten about the proposed parking ramp south of Kalamazoo, I consider it almost an inevitability.
I'm curious to see if that building on Penn is anything interesting. Here's to hoping it's a business with huge growth potential, even better if it's something cutting edge. Probably just a place to draw blood or something though...
If they do it right I think they should get good business. There's not a lot to do on the southside and from their Fb page it looks like there will be more than just skating.