No Costco (how much, construction, utilities)

[Johnathon Hills]

Originally Posted by citidata18

Some of you may be flippant and say "Delta's ready when you are!!!" when people yearn for these type of places, but bear in mind you risk alienating these people (who probably have a ton of disposable income and contribute quite a bit in local property/sales taxes if they can afford such a long distance move and casually patronize these establishments) when you do so, and it will only leave a sour taste in their mouth about locals if/when they move away. They will also be ambassadors of sorts who describe their experience living in the area to others who may consider moving there, and ideally you want them to have a positive impression.

Pretty arrogant comments from someone not from here....or who even lives here. Now you know why some may be flippant towards people like you.

[gentlearts]

Ok, so who cares if a Costco comes here or not? If it does, I’ll go, if it doesn’t, I’ll keep going to Sam’s Club. If one is better than the other, I’ll drop one. It’s not as though
Pooler is needy for places to shop.

[TheDarkKnight]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

Ok, so who cares if a Costco comes here or not? If it does, I’ll go, if it doesn’t, I’ll keep going to Sam’s Club. If one is better than the other, I’ll drop one. It’s not as though
Pooler is needy for places to shop.

Costco Food Court alone is worth it.

[DanielAvery]

But....horror of horrors....news dropped today that the company has suspended all food-sampling stations (active and passive sampling) throughout their stores in light of the Corona virus situation. So it looks like the folks who regularly have a "grazing" lunch of samples at Costco will just have to dole out a buck or two at the food court after all.

[Johnathon Hills]

Originally Posted by TheDarkKnight

Costco Food Court alone is worth it.

Hardly. Sam's hot dogs and pizza are miles ahead of Costco's offerings.

[DSMRE]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

There is no Cheesecake Factory in HHI. Or even Charleston. The closest one is Iacksonville. Then Charlotte.

I was going to say Greenville, it has everything mentioned here. But Charlotte is 3 minutes closer.

[masonbauknight]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

Ok, so who cares if a Costco comes here or not? If it does, I’ll go, if it doesn’t, I’ll keep going to Sam’s Club. If one is better than the other, I’ll drop one. It’s not as though
Pooler is needy for places to shop.

Sam's (actually, Walmart in general) is on average below CC's level of quality. Costco often uses fewer artificial ingredients and additives -- or let's just say there's a wider selection of those better-made products. There's a higher quality of baked goods too (tastier, not as sweet, less pumped with chemicals). So Costco's arrival would be good news. A true alternative.

Originally Posted by Johnathon Hills

Hardly. Sam's hot dogs and pizza are miles ahead of Costco's offerings.

If fast food is your everyday food, sure. Some of us like that sometimes but prefer FOOD. Costco does real food better.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by ajc100890

I agree with you, but there are more modern chains that are more 2020 and relevant. For instance Fogo de Chao is now building second tier restaurants. Eataly is rapidly expanding. Whiskey Cake, J. Alexanders, Shake Shack, TrueFood Kitchen, or heck even Zoe's are much more modern chains that we should be attracting if we want to claim the higher property value argument.

The more established retail/restaurant/grocery chains with broader appeal typically act as anchors to draw the newer/more niched places such as the ones you mentioned. A city usually needs the vote of confidence from the Whole Foods/Costco/CF/etc collection first before the more 'contemporary' places take a chance on it.

[GA Survivor]

Just to show how quickly things change, I bring up this thread. Costco opens November 18th at Mosaic. 20 months we go from no Costco to finished and open.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by GA Survivor

Just to show how quickly things change, I bring up this thread. Costco opens November 18th at Mosaic. 20 months we go from no Costco to finished and open.

Warp speed, once they got going. I believe they are opening 10 days earlier than the original date.