Quote Originally Posted by mikeg19 View Post
Well hell if that's what it's going to take then why not gamble on it and let these companies know we are willing to go to extreme measures to get them to have a location in downtown Detroit?

If a landlord has a price of $1000 per unit and a half empty building, compared to a $750 per unit price and a 80% full building, wouldn't that make sense for him or her? More people equals more retail equals more vibrant downtown.

I'd really love to know what the people running these buildings downtown are thinking. Some of their business practices and planning make no sense to me.
I am with you... but do me a favor and find a downtown landlord that actually thinks this way... so many of them lack a basic business acumen and that is where the problem begins... they would rather have a building sit empty then drop the price a little bit and at least pay some bills.