Comments on: Record house construction http://blogkc.com/archives/2004/07/record-house-construction/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joe Q. Loft http://blogkc.com/archives/2004/07/record-house-construction/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Joe Q. Loft Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:14:27 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2004/07/record-house-construction/#comment-214 That stuff is coming soon. You have to get a lot of people living there before the private investors will start building retail. It's the same way in the suburbs - the strip malls don't get built until after several subdivisions go in. There are already many restaurant and bars opening all the time. The Crossroads is getting new housewares and furniture stores. Several delis and coffee houses have opened in the last few years. And even the much-anticipated grocery store should be opening soon as part of the KC Live development. The retail situation really is getting better, but unfortunately there area still a lot of people like Brendon that either don't notice it or just refuse to believe it. That stuff is coming soon. You have to get a lot of people living there before the private investors will start building retail. It’s the same way in the suburbs – the strip malls don’t get built until after several subdivisions go in.

There are already many restaurant and bars opening all the time. The Crossroads is getting new housewares and furniture stores. Several delis and coffee houses have opened in the last few years. And even the much-anticipated grocery store should be opening soon as part of the KC Live development.

The retail situation really is getting better, but unfortunately there area still a lot of people like Brendon that either don’t notice it or just refuse to believe it.

]]> By: Brandon http://blogkc.com/archives/2004/07/record-house-construction/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Brandon Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:12:14 +0000 http://blogkc.com/archives/2004/07/record-house-construction/#comment-213 Unfortunately, downtown is still not addressing its real problems... lack of commonplace everyday stores... There was a lack of fuel and grocery availability before the loft boom started, and all the city is doing now is getting our hopes up, before damning itself back into the same dropoff that happened 15-20 years ago. This time, the suburban money will probably sprawl further north and east, since south has been pretty well developed.... Unfortunately, downtown is still not addressing its real problems… lack of commonplace everyday stores… There was a lack of fuel and grocery availability before the loft boom started, and all the city is doing now is getting our hopes up, before damning itself back into the same dropoff that happened 15-20 years ago. This time, the suburban money will probably sprawl further north and east, since south has been pretty well developed….

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