Retailpocalypse Spells Doom For “Small” Thinking One Fakewood Place

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Brian Essi
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Retailpocalypse Spells Doom For “Small” Thinking One Fakewood Place

Post by Brian Essi »

Summers, Bullock, O’Leary & Butler are on the wrong side of history. You can’t beat the market by swimming straight into a tsunami.

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Bridget Conant
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Re: Retailpocalypse Spells Doom For “Small” Thinking One Fakewood Place

Post by Bridget Conant »

Bed Bath & Beyond is in trouble. Most retailers are.

Cuyahoga County, in particular, has been “over-retailed” for decades. As people move out, it compounds the problem.

Retail will not save us, lower our taxes, or do much if anything for the city.

But maybe someone will find a pants store! :lol:
Bill Call
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Re: Retailpocalypse Spells Doom For “Small” Thinking One Fakewood Place

Post by Bill Call »

Anyone who read the documents provided by Mr. Essi and Mr.Kindt has to be surprised that the Mayor and his group spent no time or effort examining the economic affects of closing the Hospital. That's one of the reasons that I think there is more to be discovered.

Just what were they thinking?

They can't really believe that replacing a profitable Hospital with a condominium project and small retail is a "transformational even". I mean, I guess it is a transformational event but not in a positive sense.

And now we find out that the Mayor anticipates having the taxpayers provide operating subsidies for the retail. Will the subsidized retail in Lakewood have an advantage over the non-subsidized retail? What sense does that make?
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