Originally Posted by
Bham1982
On what basis do you think that "downtown Birmingham "does a good job of meeting most of their retail needs"?
I don't know a single person that relies on downtown Birmingham for most of their retail needs. That would be pretty much impossible, unless your retail needs consisted heavily of purple stuffed animals or rare German furniture. Jacobson's is now office space. Crowleys is now a movie theater. Gap and Express are now restaurants.
Somerset Mall lies just outside of Birmingham city limits. Same goes for Target, Meijer, Walmart, Home Depot, Old Navy, TJ Maxx and Marshalls. These are the places where people shop. If you added up all the retail space in downtown Birmingham, it wouldn't match even one big box store.