Originally Posted by
jj84
How are they different than any other big box company, excluding Costco and to a lesser degree Menards? I would say they are a MUCH better company when it comes to treating Employees that what Lambert did/has done to KMart/Sears Employees, shareholders, and communities they were in. What about Meijer, that is a family company who's employees make what the people at Wal-mart make and is run by Billionaires its the same thing.
If Traffic is such a HUGE problem along Southfield why won't the Communities let RCOC widen the road and put the median in like they have proposed for the past 15 years?
All that being said I don't understand why Southfield doesn't toss a bunch of money at Walmart and have them transform Northland into a lifestyle center like in Allen Park. With Target, Walmart and Macy's. and a Strip style lifestyle center you could really clean the area up and make it a regional Shopping destination once again. Use Brownfield money like Allen Park did for Fairlane Green [[the Hill) and recreate that on the Northland Property. It would be a wonderful redevelopment project, and if Northland is already in a TIF all the better.