New Center "The Next Retail District"?

[stasu1213]

I think that Woodward and Grand Blvd area will come back as a major retail district in the future. I had spoken to an ex council person a few months ago. That ex council person had informed me that the Midtown/New Center area will be the next shopping destination. It was a second shopping destination from the early 1900s thru the 1980. Crowley, Saks, Dietrich Furs, Baker Shoes. When the New Center One building was built it housed Crowley until 1999 and other stores. I still feel that a City Target or JCPenney would do good in the area whether inside the New Center One building, that if some businesses inside the center would move out, or along the strip of Woodward.

[Bham1982]

II had spoken to an ex council person a few months ago. That ex council person had informed me that the Midtown/New Center area will be the next shopping destination.

Ah, well that settles it, then...

The New Center doesn't really have the bones for retail. New Center One didn't work as retail, and the Woodward corridor basically died. Of course Saks was there back in the day, and the GM Bldg used to have luxury retail. There are, of course, a few businesses, but there isn't really a functional street-level retail corridor existing anywhere in Michigan that would provide a template for traditional pedestrian-oriented retail within an urban context.

[stasu1213]

Ah, well that settles it, then...

The New Center doesn't really have the bones for retail. New Center One didn't work as retail, and the Woodward corridor basically died. Of course Saks was there back in the day, and the GM Bldg used to have luxury retail. There are, of course, a few businesses, but there isn't really a functional street-level retail corridor existing anywhere in Michigan that would provide a template for traditional pedestrian-oriented retail within an urban context.

Disagree. New Center One was built when the area was on a drastic downturn. Midtown is already getting boutiques in the area. New Center has the bones and the skin to rival Birmingham and Royal Oak