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QuoteMiami-based CRE Properties lists Brooklyn retail center for sale at $4.5 million.
Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/unity-plaza-retail-site-listed-for-sale/
Another great article, great job today guys.
Looks like they just updated the price to $3.5 million.
https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2019/03/20/brooklynsunity-plaza-listed-for-sale.html?iana=hpmvp_jac_news_headline
Any chance the city will buy it, to prevent potential competition with Lot J ?
The hotel will but Residence Inns does have free breakfast and a light dinner offering. I have been unable to come up with either a chain or local restaurant group that would fit this area. The inside of Sabraga looks like Hawkers at the beach, but not with Five Points so close. Any ideas or suggestions?
Quote from: vicupstate on March 20, 2019, 03:57:24 PM
Any chance the city will buy it, to prevent potential competition with Lot J ?
I wonder if the city could get a discount from the demo company if they raze the Landing and Unity Plaza at the same time? 2 for the price of 1?
Quote from: jaxjags on March 20, 2019, 04:19:51 PM
The hotel will but Residence Inns does have free breakfast and a light dinner offering. I have been unable to come up with either a chain or local restaurant group that would fit this area. The inside of Sabraga looks like Hawkers at the beach, but not with Five Points so close. Any ideas or suggestions?
Possibly unpopular opinion, but I'd love to see a Starbucks in the 2,000 square foot space.
Would generate some much needed foot traffic, and they could use Unity Plaza as an outdoor patio.
I think the other restaurant spaces would be way more successful as regular daytime stops, rather than high-end dinner spots.
Give me a 4 Rivers or a Brunch Haus or a Flying Iguana or a Domu and I'm there.
As silly as it sounds, throw a Waffle House in there and it will stay open.
A Cici's and Buffalo Wild Wings would make a mint, but they would need some parking.
Quote from: jaxjags on March 20, 2019, 04:19:51 PM
The hotel will but Residence Inns does have free breakfast and a light dinner offering. I have been unable to come up with either a chain or local restaurant group that would fit this area. The inside of Sabraga looks like Hawkers at the beach, but not with Five Points so close. Any ideas or suggestions?
An Apple Store with a Trader Joe's inside would do the trick.
I hear Tony Sleiman will have some cash soon - I'm sure he can turn this into a gold mine!
Quote from: tufsu1 on March 20, 2019, 10:26:13 PM
I hear Tony Sleiman will have some cash soon - I'm sure he can turn this into a gold mine!
With a 7-11 and a nail salon.
It would be funny...or sad... if Sleiman purchased it for a fraction of the Landing payout and turned it around while the Landing site sits as scorched earth
Tattoo parlor and vape shop. Maybe also a salon. And sushi, of course.
Quoting from another poster..."I wonder if the city could get a discount from the demo company if they raze the Landing and Unity Plaza at the same time? 2 for the price of 1?"
;D ;D ;D sad but true...
ok, wait, wait - here's another one...people could park at the Unity Parking Plaza and ride shuttle limos downtown to concerts at The Landing Opera House? (sooner or later we have to laugh about it or just give up in sorrow...I'd rather laugh at the absurdity of it all since it seems to be a no-win all the way around the City).
Quote from: Charles Hunter on March 20, 2019, 10:33:51 PM
Quote from: tufsu1 on March 20, 2019, 10:26:13 PM
I hear Tony Sleiman will have some cash soon - I'm sure he can turn this into a gold mine!
With a 7-11 and a nail salon.
Well at least those two would still be open in a year unlike an apple store or traders joe. I still say you need to hold out for a whole foods or nothing.
Stock the pond with fish... call it "The ol Cowford fishin hole" The surrounding businesses could be the country store, olde tyme photography, a bbq joint, and a saloon. Throw in a Waffle House...
I think the Starbucks Waffle house and BW3's are all good ideas that would survive, especially with the new housing and a few more hotels in the area.
While the City has put the screws to the Landing and the Friends of Hemming Park, they never looked into Unity Plaza...
The developer signed a development agreement accepting City money for in exchange for running the Unity Plaza event space. Does the entity that signed the development agreement even exist anymore? Who knows - the apartments were sold off to another owner as soon as they were done.
Would the new owner be legally required to maintain that commitment?
The city money is long gone. It is easy for a business to fold and take money with it.
Quote from: BridgeTroll on March 23, 2019, 07:36:27 AM
Stock the pond with fish... call it "The ol Cowford fishin hole" The surrounding businesses could be the country store, olde tyme photography, a bbq joint, and a saloon. Throw in a Waffle House...
They would have to clean all the trash out of it first.
Looks like this space may not be retail going forward:
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/vacant-unity-plaza-retail-space-along-riverside-avenue-in-brooklyn-is-sold
Quote from: Steve on August 19, 2019, 10:55:39 AM
Looks like this space may not be retail going forward:
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/vacant-unity-plaza-retail-space-along-riverside-avenue-in-brooklyn-is-sold
LOL!
I am not sure those retail spaces could have been more poorly planned if you tried.
Just reading I get the feeling there looking at things such as a contract gym (Anytime Fitness?), dry cleaner, pharmacy, etc. As they said "amenities" for residents. Not restaurants.
^Yes, I get the same impression based off the quote from the article below:
QuoteA Mid-America representative said Monday the use of the space is undetermined but part of it might be used to expand the apartment amenities. The representative said Mid-America would meet with prospective users starting Tuesday.
Basically this means Waffle House or Golden Corral won't be a tenant!
Did they get parking with this purchase?
Looks like, similar to Vista Brooklyn, 220 Riverside has also converted its retail space to office use.
Strayer University is opening administrative space in the old HobNob spot.
And the Sbraga space has been gutted and is being marketed for office use.
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/strayer-university-to-open-in-brooklyn
Without some real density (Brooklyn is still pretty suburban by big city standards) and foot traffic, to overcome limited visibility and difficult accessibility, retail will struggle to work in those 220 Riverside spots. As more retail/dining space is added on nearby properties, they'll be even more difficult to fill at certain desired lease rates. So something like Strayer University taking that space makes sense.
Has anyone tries the new Mexi place in the Plaza?
I have been twice. The food is excellent higher end Mexican food and the space itself is very comfortable with a really large outdoor space with a nice view of the fountain.
Glad to hear. Crowd?
One of the first floor places is being converted into expanded amenities, like a larger gym, bike lockers, and yoga studio, for 220 Riverside. It's the middle one. I don't know if that was Hobnob or not.