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Originally Posted by ardecila
Glad to see more infill on that Madison corridor. It's a shame so much of it is built without ground-floor retail, so it'll never go back to being a commercial corridor. That area of West Haven is really picking up, and there's plenty of room for new construction without displacing longtime tenants. The Pete's supermarket helps too, definitely makes the area a lot more livable.
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There's been plenty of retail space available in buildings right around Western & Madison. Unfortunately, they've been very slow to fill up over the last 10 years. So it's understandable why new buildings like these (as exciting as they are for the area) would just say screw it. I think the city and county needs to reassess property taxes for retail, especially the kind we like with no parking lots. It needs to become much more affordable, especially for mom & pop businesses.