In a message dated 9/20/2007 4:40:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
but whatever was meant, I think we can all agree that the 'mom and pops' that are 'on campus' are ultimately (with few exceptions) all dependent on some kind of permit/leasing arrangement with penn? and so any 'mixing in' goal that's going on is really just 'more of the same'? A month or so ago, in an item in the DP that was reproduced on this list, statements were made by the wonderful folks in the Penn Real Estate Dept to the effect that there would be no space for "local entrepreneurs" -- more or less a synonym for the "mom-and-pop" operations being discussed here -- at Domus (or was it the Radian) because they were setting the bar on rents too high. Of course, to show that none of these people had been near Planet Earth for a while, they quoted figures greatly exaggerating the actual rents charged by mom-and-pop property owners for commercial space. So, while they implied that the Penn-property rents were about twice those available in the 'hood, they were actually four to six times as high. Earth, calling Craig Carnoroli. Come in please. Always at your service & ready for a dialog, Al Krigman -- 36-year local resident and housing provider ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
