H&M to open 25,000-square-foot downtown Detroit store this fall

[hybridy]

The smart thing for Dan Gilbert to do is to offer 2 hours free parking

no no no. bangs head on wall.

free parking won't lure people downtown that aren't already planning to go downtown. want to park for free? try a casino or stay in the burbs.

metered parking and structured parking too 'big city' for you? should prolly just stay home.

i invite you to read up on the free parking:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/b...my/15view.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hi...f_Free_Parking

[stasu1213]

no no no. bangs head on wall.

free parking won't lure people downtown that aren't already planning to go downtown. want to park for free? try a casino or stay in the burbs.

metered parking and structured parking too 'big city' for you? should prolly just stay home.

i invite you to read up on the free parking:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/b...my/15view.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hi...f_Free_Parking

You must be affilated with one of the owners of the other parking structures downtown who would lose out. It had already been stated that there are not enough people living in the downtown area alone to suppert big box stores and other retail. Parking is too high at the meters and privately owned parking structures for people to want to keep shopping downtown. Detroit doesnt have the great transportation system that it once had in the 50s when the street cars and busses had brought shoppers from miles into downtown detroit to shop at Hudson's and other retail in the downtown area. Many new retail would look at Jefferson being that there are many strip malls on the avenue but certain groups control those strip malls and wont allow quality good stores including a good furniture store to open on the strip. I just suggested 2 hours free parking such as Birmingham has and not free parking all day. Many cities across the country that have a thriving downtown district have better transportation systems to bring shoppers into their downtown districts to shop unlike Detroit who want to have a thriving downtown midtown district with shopping, entertainment, and dining but keep the crowd away due to expensive meter rates that only give you a couple of hours to park and not a reliable transportation system that will bring people from all around to support shopping, entertainment, and other events that are and will be held downtown