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Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder
I am a bit confused on the situations of these new buildings within the plaza, and the extent to which the existing shops will be demolished. There is no doubt that the new retail space will be occupied by national chains...
"The new owner of Little Village Plaza says he wants to bring in more national retailers to the six-acre South Lawndale shopping center and potentially close the Discount Mall. . ." (Mar 3, 2020)
IMO it would be pretty shit for the neighborhood to loose these small businesses and the access to affordable entrepreneurial opportunities for the sake of an LA Fitness and Raising Canes...
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They are constructing two new "outlot" buildings fronting 26th, one of them replacing La Baguette. The existing buildings on the east and south side will be re-skinned.
This is a tricky one, usually these retail centers are over-parked but this one clearly doesn't have enough. The lot is almost always full. I'm not sure the city will allow them to add more leasable SF without also adding parking. TOD not an option here. In lieu of more parking, the city should really make the developers pay for the segment of the Paseo trail that would run behind the center, maybe all the way from California to Kedzie, and stock the shopping center with bike racks. Obviously nobody's gonna bike to the grocery store but people will absolutely bike to a gym or a pharmacy if there's a safe, quiet trail right there.