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Old Posted Oct 8, 2019, 5:10 PM
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Originally Posted by New2Fishtown View Post
Per the CDR doc in the link provided, there is not. This drives me insane that developers do this. "there's no demand for retail in this location because other retail spaces in nearby buildings have failed." yeah, except you're delivering 244 apartments across the street from 60-70 high-end townhomes and anyone who lives on this side of I-95 in Fishtown has to walk north to get any basic retail offerings. I get that it's a little risky, but put in one retail space and have a little faith that the 300-500 people living within a block and the thousands of people living within a few blocks and the hundreds of people coming and going to Penn Treaty Park might actually patronize a business here.
Agreed. I know CDR has no binding power but I'd really appreciate it if at least someone suggested ground floor retail.
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