LaVilla attracts interest from private developer

[JeffreyS]

I work so close to LaVilla any thing would be good.

[jerry cornwell]

this has been bartons mantra since 1999. i like the no comment part

[jeh1980]

Right now I can't picture any big retail store, without more people living downtown.  Am  I on the wrong track where do the customers come from? CVS makes sense.

We all due respect, there ARE people living in downtown. I for one would love to see something changing on LaVilla. A small version of The St. John's Town Center with an apartment complex, a Best Buy (or Circuit City), and maybe a Sears would look perfect on that area!

[Driven1]

here is my guess of what it will be...

[thelakelander]

If the DDRB does their job, the nasty image above won't become reality on that particular site....unless parking is hidden in the middle of the block, meaning that image represents the back of buildings facing State & Beaver Streets.

[JeffreyS]

Right now I can't picture any big retail store, without more people living downtown.  Am  I on the wrong track where do the customers come from? CVS makes sense.

We all due respect, there ARE people living in downtown. I for one would love to see something changing on LaVilla. A small version of The St. John's Town Center with an apartment complex, a Best Buy (or Circuit City), and maybe a Sears would look perfect on that area!

Yes but enough for much retail?  I hope the answer is yes. This is the area I work inand everything builds on everything else.

[Matt]

Yes but enough for much retail?  I hope the answer is yes. This is the area I work inand everything builds on everything else.

i would think that there is more population concentration for retail there than there is is the SJT area. think of the density and surrounding neighborhoods. i think it would do well if it were a huge project like a mall. the only setback would be for some reason people have a negative image of downtown...

[Matt]

Watch it be Wal-Mart

i would cry.

[thelakelander]

How about a Gate gas station, a McDonalds or a Waffle House?  After all it is on a heavily traveled street near I-95, in an area lacking these types of places.

[copperfiend]

How about a Gate gas station, a McDonalds or a Waffle House?  After all it is on a heavily traveled street near I-95, in an area lacking these types of places.

We could also use an orange stand, fireworks store and a rest area in Lavilla.

[JeffreyS]

Panera, Steak and Shake, Chipotle or let there be a Jason's deli.

[Steve]

We could also use an orange stand, fireworks store and a rest area in Lavilla.

wow

[Jason]

Panera, Steak and Shake, Chipotle or let there be a Jason's deli.

How did you know I had my sights on LaVilla?

[jason_contentdg]

Panera, Steak and Shake, Chipotle or let there be a Jason's deli.

I would love for a Jason's Deli to be closer to downtown....

[reednavy]

Panera Bread would likely go in one of the office towers. The Tower Mall in AT&T Building could really use a Panera Bread, and a real gym, not this Curves for Women bullshit.   They should really expand Tower Mall to almost the street, leaving enough room for at least some small, tasteful foliage I.E. anything but Live, Laurel or Water Oak. They should do what they are doing to 999 Peachtree St./Wachovia Tower in Midtown Atlanta. Which is, demolish your plaza and build retail.