Quote Originally Posted by masterblaster View Post
Detroit had little retail for decades, now a FEW, just a FEW, storefronts are being built, and you are predicting doom already. This one-block strip hasn't even opened yet. There are 3 restaurants lined up for that block plus a Starbucks, as well as a two-pronged M-Den store.

Big city downtowns have retail storefronts on every block and will always be retail destinations unto themselves, even if brick-and-mortar retail is declining. Plus the few storefronts being built aren't all retail - bars and restaurants are being opened in these storefronts at a greater rate than retail.
Did I predict doom? I just said it's ironic now that Detroit is in an economic position to support more retail, it's at a time when retail is declining. I wasn't specifically talking about these few storefronts, I was simply saying there are a lot to fill with more coming online. Obviously, more retail is great.