Comments on: The Pizza Man Fallout

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:06:49 +0000

This is no place for unsubstantiated allegations to be tossed around so I’ve removed some comments.

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:06:53 +0000

Agreed. Leave the investigation to the pros guys.

By: Kevin K

Kevin K — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:05:38 +0000

Well someone intentionally set the Black and White Cafe on fire. Hopefully they’ll be able to catch those who committed this terrible crime and bring them to justice.

By: Jesse Hagen

Jesse Hagen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:56:27 +0000

Chris is right that businesses can’t expect things to be the same for an urban and suburban location. If an owner or manager don’t recognize a difference, they will not attract the business they expected or will alienate their resident neighbors. While this can be challenging, the rewards of an urban location can more than make up for that with increased business, better access to talent, and locations/character that are literally unavailable anywhere else.

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:31:20 +0000

@Chris I hear you on the complaints issue, I think of Bryant’s on the riverwalk and people complaining about the patio… That said mixed-use buildings are simply vital to an urban environment.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:12:29 +0000

I have come to the conclusion that mix-use buildings shouldn’t exist. Sooner or later, a resident isn’t going to like something about a nearby business and will complain to the licensing committee to close it down.

By: Kevin K

Kevin K — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:04:12 +0000

Yeah, I was thinking if the place did great business before with no parking you could definitely make a case for a new structure being the same. It would be absurd to break up the North ave street wall with some hideous surface parking lot.

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:33:08 +0000

@Michael Great… Hopefully the banks won’t get in the way then.

By: Michael Horne

Michael Horne — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:40:34 +0000

Rocky Marcoux told me last evening that he could support construction on that site that would not require parking.

By: Jeramey Jannene

Jeramey Jannene — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:55:53 +0000

@Nick I misspoke (miss-wrote), a bank would require parking for any multi-story, mixed-use building. So if you wanted to put the same building back, a bank likely wouldn’t give you any money. If you wanted to put something akin to the Patty Burger or Ian’s Pizza buildings in, they would likely allow it.

I’ve corrected the error in the article.

So yes, I am doom and gloom in regards to getting a mixed-use building back on that site, but I do believe that you could get something without parking as long as it’s just one story.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:50:03 +0000

@Dave Reid – right, I understand that clearly. I’m just trying to offer an alternative to Jeramey’s ‘doom-and-gloom’ that parking for that site is all but a foregone conclusion.

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:29:53 +0000

@Nick To be clear I’m pretty sure Jeramey wasn’t saying he want parking there, just that all too often a developer and/or bank thinks there must be parking for a project to work especially if we’re going to get a mixed-use building.