Starbucks in NJ has parking - most by local code.
Here's a real good example.
Most of you see the new strip center on the AP circle - more or less vacant. It
cost over $3 million to complete it.
A new coffee shop has been slated to open there. While the town let them build
15,000 sq ft on this land, there may not be enough parking. So they made a deal
with the landowner next door to "borrow" spaces.
The problem is if a restaurant goes in there, they will need more spaces say
then a dry cleaner - because there is no turnover of spots.
The problem with the coffee shop - from what I hear - is that they want to put
in tables (aka starbucks) instead of having a "grab-n-go" type of coffee shop.
The more tables you want, the more parking spaces you need.
Why? Tendency is, you walk in, bring your laptop, makeup, cellphones, buy one
coffee, use their toilet, grab a few extra sugars for your house, use ten
napkins to clean the seat and table and invite your non-paying friends over to
"your" living room and toilet for the next two hours, then complain your coffee
is cold.
The coffee shops in AP need two things - residents and offices.
Do coffee shops face fears from more people using their Keurig k-cups at 40
cents a pop? Or is coffee and the lounge a social experience that people are
willing to pay for and the owner has to take the good with the bad.
America's cup has a done a nice job of coming in early and being there.
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