I'm getting tired of all Wal-Mart, all the time, but whether you have a horse in the Northcross Mall redevelopment or not, do read Michael King's bigger-picture piece on the so-called "Wal-Mart effect" on our society in today's Chron. Here's just one of the money quotes:
If a Dallas developer and a transnational juggernaut can impose a project this massive and disruptive in the midst of several established, residential neighborhoods, without so much as a public-hearing process to fully address its implications and consequences, then what good is a city government?
Friday, December 15, 2006
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for leaving a comment. I'm a big fan of the Bake Sale of Bile (even when I'm not 100% in agreement). Your point about Northcross already being zoned for commercial use is well taken. This isn't the same thing as a brand new development.
I'm one of the people whose primary opposition to the Northcross Wal-Mart comes from that company's extraordinary lack of ethics, both in general and with regard to this project in particular. I do think Northcross needs to be redeveloped and that will involve a sizable anchor tenant. HEB made a huge error when they decided to rest on the laurels of their middling store at Burnet and Allandale, but what's done is done.
If nothing else, I think neighborhood opposition will result in something better being built than what Wal-Mart would do if left to their own devices.
Take care,
GB
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