I'm told that if Target comes to downtown StPaul, it will demand a ONE-story building, and reject multi-story. Much more land eaten up. And then will it want a parking lot as big as the suburbs's lots? Much more land again. If so, a huge strike against a walkable downtown; just one more godforsaken parking lot and a good chunk of downtown ruined for decades. And where might they clear all the land? Lowertown, taking out all the lofts?
I don't love Target; it has a bad local record in many areas; why do we treat it as god? We should set high standards; if they don't meet them, tough. We don't need them that badly; we should not be on our knees to any corporation. Why don't we talk about all the small businesses each one of these bigboxes puts out of business? I much prefer small business to large, and I think many other people do too - so why don't we INSIST on small over large? We help the large, and give nothing to the small; a bassackwards way to push for more ways to cause the future few of us want. --David Shove Roseville On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Bob Spaulding wrote: > > I'm told downtown Minneapolis' Target store is doing better than > anticipated. In the top 5 in the country in midday sales, in the top > 25% of all Target stores in sales figures. So one coming to St. Paul > may not be all that surprising. > > Bob Spaulding > Downtown > > > > St. Paul, Target talking about downtown store > http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2005/03/28/story1.html? > page=1 > > Top St. Paul officials are in serious conversations with Target > Corporation about the possibility of luring a Target store downtown. > > St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly and Susan Kimberly, the city's director of > planning and economic development (PED), are spearheading the effort. > > Their vision is a store similar to the one on Nicollet Mall in > downtown Minneapolis. And despite some real estate insiders who think > the idea is improbable, Target is open to the idea. > > "We're certainly very interested in downtown St. Paul," said Paula > Thornton-Greear, a spokeswoman for Target. "It's too premature to > predict that Target would be coming there, too premature to speculate > on an opening date, but we're still very interested in the area." > > The talks have been ongoing for more than a year, city sources said, > but recently have heated up and fueled speculation in the real estate > community that a decision from Target is near. > > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
