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With the hospital right across the street, the hub a block over, the residents on the other side of Elmwood, more residential apartments that a springing up/under development, and potentially having more residents above I would say that would be enough to keep that location busy. Not to mention, the traffic Target would create from non-downtown residents could also help move that area forward for more development.
That would be a massive win. I'm wondering though, are there enough people in the catchment area to justify a location downtown?
I think the trade area is easily large enough for an Urban Target to be successful there. There is easy access from downtown, Shandon/Wales Garden, Cottontown, and even Cayce/West Columbia. Right now, all of those areas have to go to Woodhill, Irmo, or Northeast to go to a Target.
I think the trade area is easily large enough for an Urban Target to be successful there. There is easy access from downtown, Shandon/Wales Garden, Cottontown, and even Cayce/West Columbia. Right now, all of those areas have to go to Woodhill, Irmo, or Northeast to go to a Target.
I would think that Target would be better off over in the Bull Street development but in the mixed use multistory form with residential on top. That way they can likely have plenty of parking and take advantage of all those areas referenced in addition to those thousands of residents that will be living there.. It also puts them closer North Columbia, though maybe not their target market certainly may benefit from having a larger selection of home goods and groceries.
Soda City is looking at opening up a Food Hall somewhere on main Street. Interesting.
Love this idea! I wonder if North Main is actually a better fit than Main (?) Main given the number of cool warehouse-style businesses that can be repurposed?
Love this idea! I wonder if North Main is actually a better fit than Main (?) Main given the number of cool warehouse-style businesses that can be repurposed?
I am willing to walk down Main St downtown. But not to N Main.
No ew Columbia is at it again trying too preserve ugly useless buildings in the city. It's like the Tapps building all over again.
Let go tear it down build new. Stop trying to not become like Charlotte and progress for freak sakes
Charlotte? You mean the city that tore down numerous in-town African-American neighborhoods in the name of "urban renewal"? Not to say some of that didn't happen in Columbia, but in Charlotte they bulldozed huge swaths of neighborhoods.
Charlotte? You mean the city that tore down numerous in-town African-American neighborhoods in the name of "urban renewal"? Not to say some of that didn't happen in Columbia, but in Charlotte they bulldozed huge swaths of neighborhoods.
I think the Charlotte comparison here is unnecessary since generally, Columbia (and most other cities in the Carolinas) have done a better job of historic preservation, but to be fair no other city in the Carolinas was booming in the postwar period like Charlotte either.
But in this case, I don't see any need to preserve the post office. Columbia has more than enough existing midcentury structures and razing the post office for an expanded Finlay Park with Assembly Street frontage would be a much better use of that land.
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