trader joes in lakewood

john crino · Post by **john crino** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:34 pm

I heard from a little bird that progressive urban has a signed lease for trader joes to move into the rockport development.
go lakewood! go lakewood!

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:54 pm

That's tremendous news!

Jeff Endress · Post by **Jeff Endress** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:54 pm

John

I sure hope your little bird has accurate info! Talk about a destination shop. With the gas savings from not driving to Crocker, I can get a couple bottles of two buck chuck!

Jeff (already thinking of shaved beef for Philly's)

Danielle Masters · Post by **Danielle Masters** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:16 pm

I can only hope that this is true. Things here in the 'wood seem to be getting better everyday!!!

Bill Call · Post by **Bill Call** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:46 pm

Danielle Masters wrote:I can only hope that this is true. Things here in the 'wood seem to be getting better everyday!!!

The ironic thing about Lakewood is that Danielle is right.

Lakewood is uniquely situated to thrive.

Housing sales and values are stronger than you think.

Crime is a problem but not a big one. The crime rate is more a function of the youth of the City than a crime wave. The average age in Lakewood is much younger than Rocky River or Fairview. The streets are safe.

Detroit is a vibrant street. I like the hustle and bustle.

A Trader's Joe's at Rockport would be a catalyst for the whole area. It would bring in other retailers.

People tell me they always "shop West, never East". That is a self destructive attitude. Lakewood's commercial mission statement should contain the phrase "Shop East not West".

Here is an idea for a vibrant East: Narrow Madison Avenue to two lanes from Bunts to the Library and allow restaurants to use the extra space for outdoor dining. Lakewood has more to offer than little Italy. Why not little Italy West?

All it takes is leadership.

David Lay · Post by **David Lay** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:46 pm

Speaking of Trader Joe's, here's a little factoid:

The CEO of ALDI is the owner of Trader Joe's.

DougHuntingdon · Post by **DougHuntingdon** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:55 pm

Well it's a good thing they got eminent domain for the west end development, otherwise there would be little to no development ever again in Lakewood. Wait, didn't the eminent domain fail? Regardless, I am sure Trader Joe's and Aldi's was all Mayor Cain's doing.

Aldi's is kind of an interesting company, according to what I read on wikipedia. Supposedly, there are two Aldi's. Apparently two brothers controlled the company and had a disagreement regarding the sale of cigarettes, so they split the company into two. Each brother controls his own set of stores, but they keep out of the same countries. So, only one of the brothers has Aldi's stores in the US.

Doug