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Keep one point in mind. Downtown Columbia/Vista are smack dab alongside West Columbia ala Lexington County. Downtown/Vista cannot expand in all directions. That aside, there is plenty of room for expansion
I will also make a forecast. Whit-Ash will be gone within 2-3 years. That property is becoming to valuable for a furniture store.
I disagree; there are many furniture stores in similar districts in other cities. I'd love ti see a Ligne Roset in the Vista, though.
Guys I think you're all missing the issue here though re: Whit Ash (eye-sore). It's the not that Whit-ash is a furniture store, its that it occupies a dilapidated building ripe for renewal (anybody who has been inside knows), especially with that parking lot right next to it and the one storey whitash rug store next to that. The building goes back really far too so tons of possibilities to redevelop it to match the sparkle/spit shine of the rest of the district. It's starting more and more to stick out like a sore thumb.
That's ridiculous and the towers aren't going to be in the Vista.
Yeah thats a strange comment. I havent read the article to get the context. Many cities have highrise districts next to lower scale historc districts. In fac having towers east of Assembly provides a nice backdrop for the vista...maybe shes afraid that people will want more height in the vista? Using charlotte is a funny example before that it was Atlanta and before that NYC that people use to put up as the urban boogeymen
That's ridiculous and the towers aren't going to be in the Vista.
Yeah thats a strange comment. I havent read the article to get the context. Many cities have highrise districts next to lower scale historc districts. In fac having towers east of Assembly provides a nice backdrop for the vista...maybe shes afraid that people will want more height in the vista? Using charlotte is a funny example before that it was Atlanta and before that NYC that people use to put up as the urban boogeymen. I was at a city council meeting in sumter and there was a proposal to put in decorative streetlights and brick pavers...downtown......someone got up and screamed that "this isnt Charleston and we dont want to be Columbia" and stormed out of the room before he could hear the reply....it got done anyway and looks nice
This can't be good for Columbia... Hopefully they let the housing developments continue and offer half off to businesses that want to move to Columbia. I don't understand a industrial park in the middle of downtown though. Downtown should be more mixed use.
This can't be good for Columbia... Hopefully they let the housing developments continue and offer half off to businesses that want to move to Columbia. I don't understand a industrial park in the middle of downtown though. Downtown should be more mixed use.
Who's proposing putting an industrial park in the middle of downtown??????
Nobody. Because apparently “This is a business and (industrial) investment park and they’re putting apartments in it". The city did give park 7 some land and designated it as a park so I can see the outrage.
Nobody. Because apparently “This is a business and (industrial) investment park and they’re putting apartments in it". The city did give park 7 some land and designated it as a park so I can see the outrage.
I think the outrage is that all the "little-guys" (everyone who didn't get the tax break), are paying full-freight. That includes landlords (like myself) that happen to own multiple properties within the city.
We are competing with out-of-state developers that have a built-in advantage in their pricing to keep their buildings full, at the expense of those of us who live/work/play here and have invested in the community for decades.
I can sort of see both sides, though I am more sympathetic to the current property owners who aren't getting the tax breaks.
But the reason I say I can see the other side is because throughout all of our tax codes there are tons and tons of exceptions for certain groups. Homestead exemptions, people who live in their properties vs those who don't, in income tax there are sometimes benefits for being married vs not. Social incentives are built into all of our tax laws. I don't think it's fair but it just seems our government historically used the tax code to shape social policy and provide incentives to certain businesses. Always been that way.
To me this isn't much different in an overall sense than wal-mart complaining about amazon getting special tax breaks to come to cayce. It doesn't seem fair to me but then again the whole tax code seems whacked out and overly complicated so how is this really any diffferent other than in perhaps legal technicalities.
I will say I don't mind them fighting/suing for fairness. This is all a game. If you can fight and not have to pay as much tax good for you!
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