Whole Foods looking to open a 2nd Detroit location

[animatedmartian]

https://twitter.com/crainsdetroit/st...12818450120704

[Hypestyles]

https://twitter.com/crainsdetroit/st...12818450120704

where is their "target client base" likely to be, besides midtown? East riverfront?

[Danny]

Someone has beat your comments! Please see: Second Whole Foods Store.

[stasu1213]

Lafayette Park

[bailey]

Lafayette Park

so...pretty much within walking distance from their other one?

[gameguy56]

where is their "target client base" likely to be, besides midtown? East riverfront?

Either Old Redford or perhaps maybe the Jefferson-Chalmers area so that they can get the Grosse Pointe crowd?

[stasu1213]

so...pretty much within walking distance from their other one?

Dont assume that the Elderly, handicap, every carless person could walk the same distance as you, a probably a healthier person or did you measure the distance in ypur car?

[FormerDetroiter]

Somewhere on Grand River in Rosedale Park area.

[bailey]

Dont assume that the Elderly, handicap, every carless person could walk the same distance as you, a probably a healthier person or did you measure the distance in ypur car?

If Whole Paycheck's target demographic is the impoverished, eldery or the infirm that might be a point.

It's less than 2 miles.

I can't imagine the buisiness case for placing it there. Especially after M1 trolley is running.

[DetroitPlanner]

Brightmoor.

[mtburb]

Since it mentioned Jefferson Avenue-place it on West Jefferson.

[Mind field]

Either Old Redford or perhaps maybe the Jefferson-Chalmers area so that they can get the Grosse Pointe crowd?

I was also thinking along Jefferson to entice Grosse Pointers to shop there.

[FormerDetroiter]

I was also thinking along Jefferson to entice Grosse Pointers to shop there.

I doubt if Grosse Pointer's are going to cross Alter Rd. and start shopping in Jeff-Chalmers. Especially when they already have Trader Joe's on Kercheval in the Village.

[DetroitPlanner]

I doubt if Grosse Pointer's are going to cross Alter Rd. and start shopping in Jeff-Chalmers. Especially when they already have Aldi's delux on Kercheval in the Village.

Fixed that for you.

[anonJD]

Jefferson and Alter makes sense, but it's just not as stabilized as Meijer, Starbucks and the police station at Woodward & 8 Mile. I just don't see WF being alone on an island on Jefferson. You're basically be solely dependent on Grosse Pointe commuters. Where as Woodward & 8 Mile you have commuters, Ferndale [[and perhaps RO) residents that would pop down, UD, etc.

With the new arena, they're going to try to build up Woodward into the thoroughfare that it used to be. No buzz on Jefferson.

[FormerDetroiter]

Fixed that for you.

Call it whatever you want. Grosse Pointers are still not going to shop in Jeff-Chalmers. Jeff-Chalmers residents don't even shop in Jeff-Chalmers. Why? Because there is no place to shop.