Quote Originally Posted by iheartthed View Post
No, and that's not what I said.
Well, given the fact that most of those million+plus people lived in suburban residential areas within a 15 mile radius of Northland when it was built [[not to mention the other million living in Detroit within the same radius), how can you remain "very skeptical that Metro Detroit's pattern of development has been residential development before retail"?

The pattern of development in Detroit and it's outlying areas has always been that large scale retail development follows residential disposable income. This is true here and throughout the USA. Try getting a loan or investment capital to build a new shopping center without having a business plan that provides sufficient evidence that the surrounding area has enough disposable income to support the new retail.