State Savings Bank in Danger of Demolition

[wolverine]

This is not true, parking is packed all throughout the business district. People from Quicken park up in New Center because there isn't enough garages. Even the surface lots are pretty much filled up with some exceptions up in Illitchville and DTE area. Even so, some businesses will not offer their employees parking in surface lots [[security, mainly). There are plenty of empty surface lots that could, and should, be converted to garages [[like the z-lot development).

Consolidated parking in the long run is much better. People need exercise and walking to work 3-4 blocks from a centralized parking facility should be a MUST for all healthy people. It's a great way to start your day or cool down after work and be a part of the community you work in. This will help with street level retail and cafes.

I don't think safety should be an issue walking a couple blocks to your car either. During most business hours, the downtown seems busy and free of incidents. At night, most sensible companies will cover the cost of cab fare to your vehicle from the office.

I'm just tired of hearing these silly excuses of buildings needing to be marketable by having some parking on site. That's stupid. Your building is low in tenants because it sucks. Maybe your elevators are slow as hell, your offices look dated, your build outs are too expensive because of code issues or your infrastructure is aged.

[Bham1982]

I'm just tired of hearing these silly excuses of buildings needing to be marketable by having some parking on site. That's stupid. Your building is low in tenants because it sucks. Maybe your elevators are slow as hell, your offices look dated, your build outs are too expensive because of code issues or your infrastructure is aged.

No, actually, these building owners know what they're talking about. No dedicated parking, no tenants. There's no healthy downtown office building without dedicated parking.