I don't know if any of you saw this story on the news or read it in the Dallas newspaper a few weeks ago, but a developer wants to convert the old Prestonwood mall location on Beltline into a Walmart. The retailers in the area oppose the plan because they feel Walmart is not an upscale establishment and will prevent other upscale retailers from opening shops in the area. My question is for those of you who are familiar with the Beltline retail area of N. Dallas/Addison. Do you consider this to be an upscale area??? It's a solid, clean, hodgepodge mix of standard retail, mostly mediocre chain restaurants, and fastfood joints, all sitting in a sea of concrete pedestrian unfriendly parking lots. Walmart would fit right in. Look at the Uptown/Westvillage area of Dallas. It's very upscale and looks nothing like Beltline. The same goes for old Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. I guess I could ask the same of the Hulen Mall area in Fort Worth. Good, solid retail, but upscale????
Addison Wal Mart
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, May 21 2004 09:26 PM
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 11:56 PM
It's a relative thing. Addison placed itself on the development map by being the island of alcohol in an imense sea of dry areas. You're comparing Addison to locations far away from North Dallas sprawl rather than to its neighbors. Addison is an economic magnet in its area. I wish they were forward thinking enough to diversify its development over the past 25 years to encourage a denser, more dynamic community.
If they had that foresight, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
If they had that foresight, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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Posted 22 May 2004 - 01:22 AM
It was much more so 20 years ago with Prestonwood and Sakowitz Village - named after a Houston department store that went bust with oil and real estate busts in the mid 80s and had a location there. It has been a while since I have been up that way, but I suspect that Wal-mart's arrival would be nothing more than a continuation of a trend that began quite some time ago. The one constant in suburban retail centers seems to be that traffic patterns are constantly shifting and that most shopping centers will eventually be passed by and enter into a slow decline.My question is for those of you who are familiar with the Beltline retail area of N. Dallas/Addison. Do you consider this to be an upscale area???
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Posted 23 May 2004 - 12:11 AM
Actually, when it comes to "not having this conversation", I should point out that Prestonwood is in fact not in Addison. It's Dallas, unfortunately, and believe me, Addison is doing an excellent job in just about everything these days. They are moving towards a more urban environment, for example, with Addison Circle.It was much more so 20 years ago with Prestonwood and Sakowitz Village - named after a Houston department store that went bust with oil and real estate busts in the mid 80s and had a location there. It has been a while since I have been up that way, but I suspect that Wal-mart's arrival would be nothing more than a continuation of a trend that began quite some time ago. The one constant in suburban retail centers seems to be that traffic patterns are constantly shifting and that most shopping centers will eventually be passed by and enter into a slow decline.My question is for those of you who are familiar with the Beltline retail area of N. Dallas/Addison. Do you consider this to be an upscale area???
Addison is nothing like the surrounding environment, and if it had the Presonwood property, you can bet on it that neither a "telecom hotel" nor a Wal-Mart would have been or will be considered for that site. Dallas, however, that's a different story.
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