Whole Foods coming to Skaneateles?

[wingedmunkie]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

These are the last real articles in regards to Whole Foods possibly coming to the area: Whole Foods in Syracuse: A look at some potential landing spots for the upscale grocery chain | syracuse.com

Whole Foods has Syracuse in its sights | syracuse.com

I wonder if the former Kennedy Square location given the proximity to Downtown, SU, Erie Boulevard and 690.

My thought was the now-cleared lots on the north side of Solar Street, across from the Inner Harbor. It's near Destiny and in an area poised for more retail development. It's also slightly closer to the downtown core, which has been wanting for a true grocery store and supposedly been the focus of Schumer's talks with whatever unnamed grocery chain.

The downsides to that location is it's less convenient to the east side of town, which I imagine (perhaps incorrectly) has a lot more people who fit WF's target demographic, and also the potential for the same sort of contamination issues which sunk the hotel deal over on Hiawatha earlier this month. I believe those lots were oil storage facilities back in the day but that's before my time in the city.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by wingedmunkie

My thought was the now-cleared lots on the north side of Solar Street, across from the Inner Harbor. It's near Destiny and in an area poised for more retail development. It's also slightly closer to the downtown core, which has been wanting for a true grocery store and supposedly been the focus of Schumer's talks with whatever unnamed grocery chain.

The downsides to that location is it's less convenient to the east side of town, which I imagine (perhaps incorrectly) has a lot more people who fit WF's target demographic, and also the potential for the same sort of contamination issues which sunk the hotel deal over on Hiawatha earlier this month. I believe those lots were oil storage facilities back in the day but that's before my time in the city.

It could work in the Inner Harbor/Franklin Square area, but you make good points about potential contamination and demographics. Demographics is what I thought about with the former Kennedy Square location, as students that live in off campus housing nearby or even on campus, people that live in Downtown and those that don't live too far away on the East Side/Eastern suburbs could patronize a Whole Foods.

There are a few grocery stores on Erie Boulevard East. So, I don't know if that would be an issue.