Meijer to invest $75 M

**eastland** · March-14-11, 03:44 PM

No mention of the Gateway store.

http://detnews.com/article/20110314/...odel-10-stores

**hudkina** · March-14-11, 03:55 PM

Why would they mention the Gateway store in a story about remodeling 10 stores that are nearly 10 years old?

**eastland** · March-14-11, 04:13 PM

Just a hunch, but maybe because the article also mentioned two brand new stores they are building in Chicago and Stevensville.

**BrushStart** · March-14-11, 06:50 PM

I thought it was kinda of ironic that Meijer showed up at Detroit's Winter Blast Festival, but doesn't have a store in the city limits.

**jcole** · March-14-11, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by BrushStart

I thought it was kinda of ironic that Meijer showed up at Detroit's Winter Blast Festival, but doesn't have a store in the city limits.

Maybe they're hipsters?

GUSHI · March-14-11, 06:56 PM

Support meijer fk wal-crap

**Brian1979** · March-14-11, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by BrushStart

I thought it was kinda of ironic that Meijer showed up at Detroit's Winter Blast Festival, but doesn't have a store in the city limits.

Stores like Walmart and Meijer don't usually have stores in an urban setting.

**BrushStart** · March-14-11, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Brian1979

Stores like Walmart and Meijer don't usually have stores in an urban setting.

Most of Detroit isn't all that "urban."

GUSHI · March-14-11, 07:42 PM

They don't want the items walking out with out payment for them

Originally Posted by BrushStart

I thought it was kinda of ironic that Meijer showed up at Detroit's Winter Blast Festival, but doesn't have a store in the city limits.

**iheartthed** · March-14-11, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by GUSHI

They don't want the items walking out with out payment for them

Not having a store in Detroit stops that from happening?

**iheartthed** · March-14-11, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Brian1979

Stores like Walmart and Meijer don't usually have stores in an urban setting.

Walmart has been fighting for years to be allowed to open a store in New York City.

**313WX** · March-14-11, 08:08 PM

Is the Gateway project even still happening?

GUSHI · March-14-11, 08:29 PM

Whydo you think no big box realtors will open a store in Detroit. 800,000 people and they have to go to the burbs to shop. I don't agree with it but its true.

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Not having a store in Detroit stops that from happening?

**softailrider** · March-14-11, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by 313WX

Is the Gateway project even still happening?

Looks like it might be. They're moving dirt around, but they have been doing that for a while. I'd like to see some footings poured, or, hammers swinging and the place getting roughed in.

Meijers built that store in Rochester Hills pretty quick. That Woodward Ave / State Fair location sure doesn't seem to be on the same fast track.

**Brian1979** · March-14-11, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Walmart has been fighting for years to be allowed to open a store in New York City.

I doubt NYC ever opens a Walmart, the only place in NYC I could picture a Walmart is Staten Island.

**iheartthed** · March-14-11, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Brian1979

I doubt NYC ever opens a Walmart, the only place in NYC I could picture a Walmart is Staten Island.

They will most likely put their first store in Brooklyn if the city allows them to open.

**iheartthed** · March-14-11, 09:35 PM

Walmart also plans to open 4 stores in D.C. using its smaller format: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/...29463820101118

**wolverine** · March-14-11, 09:36 PM

The compromise for Wal-Marts have been 10,000 square foot stores in cities. That's less than the size of a Walgreens and CVS.

**kraig** · March-14-11, 09:50 PM

Where Meijers goes, others follow. That's evident all over the state. The City of Detroit needs to work out a deal with Meijers that doesn't rely on a third party developer.

**Brian1979** · March-14-11, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

They will most likely put their first store in Brooklyn if the city allows them to open.

Wow I don't know where in Brooklyn they'd be able to construct a Walmart. Brooklyn has close to 3 million people in an area half the size of the city of Detroit.

**iheartthed** · March-14-11, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Brian1979

Wow I don't know where in Brooklyn they'd be able to construct a Walmart. Brooklyn has close to 3 million people in an area half the size of the city of Detroit.

There is plenty of room for a Walmart. Brooklyn has a Costco, Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, Sears, etc.

**Brian1979** · March-14-11, 10:17 PM

It's not going to get done anytime soon. The closest Walmart to NYC is the one in Valley Stream, the one that had the tragedy on Black Friday a few years back.

NorthEndere · March-14-11, 10:32 PM

Meijer being cautious about Gateway isn't a surprise. They've been cautious all across the state during the recession, seriously pulling back putting in new stores too soon.

**begingri** · March-14-11, 11:06 PM

Urban Wal-Marts considered in New York and DC

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186984

**Marc** · March-14-11, 11:18 PM

You're going to call me a hipster for this I'm sure... but I prefer Detroit without the big boxes. I like going to the market on Sundays, I like shopping at Honey Bee, I like stopping by Kims, and I like shopping in Hamtramck. So they don't sell Fruit Rollups, oh well.