Future of Lakeside Mall

[iheartthed]

In 1950 there were more than 1,000,000 people living outside the City of Detroit in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. Are you trying to make us believe they were all living in farmhouses and sending their children to one-room schoolhouses?

No, and that's not what I said.

[Mikeg]

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.

[iheartthed]

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

lol. A fifteen mile radius around Northland covers nearly the entire city of Detroit and half of Oakland County. That's a pretty useless fact to support whatever claim you're trying to make.

[Mikeg]

lol. A fifteen mile radius around Northland covers nearly the entire city of Detroit and half of Oakland County. That's a pretty useless fact to support whatever claim you're trying to make.

lol, coming from the guy who says "I know for sure..." and makes a claim but begs off providing any supporting evidence because "I don't have the time to research it in detail right now...."

Nonetheless, you have time to respond to subsequent posters while doing your best to avoid discussing the very premise about which you claimed your skepticism.