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Posted 08 November 2022 - 11:17 PM

Yes, it was built as a Residence Inn and closed as a Hawthorn Suites.  It was a hotel, and it was located right at University and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

Oh ok.  Yes.  The site has been a vacant lot for so long that I forgot that it was formerly home to a Hotel.

I "lived" at that Residence Inn for a month or two when we moved back to Fort Worth in 1997.


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Posted 08 November 2022 - 11:19 PM


Yes, it was built as a Residence Inn and closed as a Hawthorn Suites.  It was a hotel, and it was located right at University and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

Oh ok.  Yes.  The site has been a vacant lot for so long that I forgot that it was formerly home to a Hotel.

Wasnt that the site of an old drive-in movie theater too? I recall a church I believe called themselves University _____ met over at the hotel while selling their property off of Rogers Rd behind Woodshed and then rebranding to Capstone and moving further out in Benbrook on the West Loop. Ill need to consult wayback machine to recount the exact details theyve since updated their website.

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Posted 08 November 2022 - 11:37 PM

Wasnt that the site of an old drive-in movie theater too?


No. It looks like it was open land until the Residence Inn was built int he 1980s (per HistoricAerials). 

 

There was a drive-in on the other side of University and further north, on the back side of what is now University Park Village.


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Posted 09 November 2022 - 04:38 PM

 

 

Yes, it was built as a Residence Inn and closed as a Hawthorn Suites.  It was a hotel, and it was located right at University and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

Oh ok.  Yes.  The site has been a vacant lot for so long that I forgot that it was formerly home to a Hotel.

Wasnt that the site of an old drive-in movie theater too? I recall a church I believe called themselves University _____ met over at the hotel while selling their property off of Rogers Rd behind Woodshed and then rebranding to Capstone and moving further out in Benbrook on the West Loop. Ill need to consult wayback machine to recount the exact details theyve since updated their website.

 

The Drive In was across the street where University Park Village is located.  There use to be a go-cart track on the land where the hotel was torn down.



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Posted 02 February 2023 - 09:35 PM

 

 

From my last bike ride through here, I believe Suite 181 was the old Bar Taco location.  Interesting they reference an upper deck balcony?  I'm just struggling to understand where and how that is situated, unless they are constructing a new upper deck over the existing deck which sounds like a potential disaster every time someone spills something, does it run all over those below?

 

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PROJECT
Project Name: Quince Rooftop - Phase II
Project Number: TABS2022014562
Facility Name: Quince Rooftop
Location Address: 1701 River Run Road Building D, Suite 181
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 4/1/2022
Completion Date: 7/31/2022
Estimated Cost: $800,000
Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: Exterior renovation providing covered patio, stairs and upper deck balcony.
Square Footage: 3,155 ft 2

 

 

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Posted 02 February 2023 - 09:40 PM

 

 

 

From my last bike ride through here, I believe Suite 181 was the old Bar Taco location.  Interesting they reference an upper deck balcony?  I'm just struggling to understand where and how that is situated, unless they are constructing a new upper deck over the existing deck which sounds like a potential disaster every time someone spills something, does it run all over those below?

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2022014562

 

PROJECT
Project Name: Quince Rooftop - Phase II
Project Number: TABS2022014562
Facility Name: Quince Rooftop
Location Address: 1701 River Run Road Building D, Suite 181
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 4/1/2022
Completion Date: 7/31/2022
Estimated Cost: $800,000
Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: Exterior renovation providing covered patio, stairs and upper deck balcony.
Square Footage: 3,155 ft 2

 

 

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Posted 14 March 2023 - 12:10 PM

Saw some construction activity and a SWPPP sign posted at the old food truck site.  This is part of the CARRIAGE HOUSE DEVELOPMENT LLC project.

 

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Posted 16 March 2023 - 11:06 AM

Via Merriman Anderson Architects' Instagram page: https://www.instagra.../p/CpvcLqHOkTr/

 

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Posted 16 March 2023 - 11:18 AM

looks like another scaled down project but i actually like it for the most part.  I did the varying heights but wish that the corner unit in the second unit was a few stories taller.



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Posted 16 March 2023 - 06:19 PM

looks like another scaled down project but i actually like it for the most part.  I did the varying heights but wish that the corner unit in the second unit was a few stories taller.

...was it scaled down? Or am I looking at a different project? 


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Posted 16 March 2023 - 07:12 PM

I like it. Nice find Austin55

Funny timing too, they just posted that 3-days ago which was about when I happened to drive by the site for the first time in months.

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Posted 16 March 2023 - 07:37 PM

Westbend South (Phase II) is going before zoning next week.
 

The subject property is within 1,000 feet from one- or two-family zoning (that is not designated as park of Forest

Park or the Fort Worth Zoo) across the river along the Mistletoe Heights neighborhood. The river is less than 300
feet wide. Therefore, the applicant must apply for a Planned Development for the desired hotel use. The applicant
also wants to build multifamily in the development, and therefore has added this use to the Planned Development,
as residential multifamily use is not allowed by right within “G” Intensive Commercial.
Prior to submitting the Zoning Change application, the applicant spoke with City staff about the intended
rezoning; several different options were discussed. All of the proposed uses are allowed in “MU-1” Low Intensity
Mixed-Use, however, the “MU-1” district does not allow for the proposed twelve (12) story height; “MU-1”
allows for a maximum of ten (10) stories. The developer expressed in a Predevelopment Conference that in order
to be financially viable, the project must be twelve stories instead of ten. The base district of this Planned
Development is proposed to be “G” Intensive Commercial, which allows a maximum height of twelve (12) stories
or 120 feet.
The applicant provided the following request:
From: “G” Intensive Commercial
To: “PD/G” Planned Development for all uses in “G” Intensive Commercial, plus hotel and residential
uses. No electronic changeable copy sign, with the following provisions:
1. Building Height - Maximum building height shall be 12 stories.
2. Building Setbacks – Primary street min/max = 0’/30’. Side Street min/max is 0’/20’. Rear yard
minimum is 0’.
3. Urban Forestry – Per Mixed Use zoning requirements.
4. Landscape – Landscaping requirements shall comply with MU-1 landscape requirements.
5. Parking - Minimum parking spaces required per MU-1 zoning. 
6. Residential multifamily: Maximum of 350 units.
7. Hotel: Maximum of 205 rooms/keys. 

 

 

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looks like another scaled down project but i actually like it for the most part.  I did the varying heights but wish that the corner unit in the second unit was a few stories taller.

...was it scaled down? Or am I looking at a different project? 

 

I was going on this image which said it could be up to 12 stories...  I guess I was the one who let myself down by removing the "could be" part and assuming that it was going to all be 12 stories.



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Posted 16 March 2023 - 07:46 PM

It looks at worst it's 10 stories.  Are we really gonna get let down by that?



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Posted 16 March 2023 - 08:47 PM

It looks at worst it's 10 stories.  Are we really gonna get let down by that?

I'm not let down.  Was hoping for multiple12 story towers from the initial site plans drawings that I remembered reading.  I am totally on board with the new plans



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Posted 16 March 2023 - 08:52 PM

I guess I misunderstood when you said "let myself down".



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Posted 16 March 2023 - 09:17 PM

So the new rendering is for the Trademark site? For some reason I thought it was the Carriage House Dev site (behind Raising Canes).

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Posted 22 April 2023 - 08:58 PM

I talked to one of the staff at Quince (Ardi, nice guy) and he said the rooftop deck will be ready in a couple more weeks.  They are also eyeballing the space on the second floor office to see when or if they can expand into this spot and add like an indoor/outdoor feel to it.  He pointed out that they will have a ground floor DJ turntable booth and also note the nice speaker set-up (hope no one jumps the wall at night and runs off with these) and also he said there's TV's inside and will be some outside livestreaming the DJ at the Mexico location.

 

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Quick shot of Westbend future site, no progress that I could tell:

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Posted 10 June 2023 - 05:11 PM

BizJournals reports that Trademark has toyed with the idea of the HQ leaving Westbend and moving to thier Lincoln Square development in Arlington. 

 

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Posted 12 August 2023 - 07:33 PM

Traffic light poles are up at University and Collinsworth.



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Posted 12 August 2023 - 07:58 PM

That's good to know.  I have been avoiding University Drive due to the construction.



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Posted 31 October 2023 - 08:39 AM

Record UDC-2023-163: 
Urban Design Commission
Record Status: Pending
 
Work Location
1701 S UNIVERSITY DR
 
Project Description:
Westbend South Multi-Family
7-story multi-family building with ground floor retail space and parking garage.
This application requests reduction of Urban Forestry minimum preservation requirement from 25% to 4%. Urban Forestry Phase I & II plans are included with this application.
 
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Posted 31 October 2023 - 08:59 AM

Is the retail on the Southern end there? Hard to tell. 



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Posted 31 October 2023 - 12:23 PM

Via Merriman Anderson Architects' Instagram page: https://www.instagra.../p/CpvcLqHOkTr/

 

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This got axed and reduced...  Kinda disappointed but not surprised.  Hoping that the new design isn't value engineered and we are left with a bland building and another missed opportunity.



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Posted 31 October 2023 - 12:42 PM

I think what we're seeing on this urban forestry drawing is just the building footprint represented so I wouldn't make any big assumptions just based on that drawing.  I hope at least the retail remains facing the river / bike path.  I see some residential facing the river but uncertain which level has that band of residential in front of garage....could be level 2 or 3 of the podium only here.  Personally, I think it was be really strange having residential units on ground level facing the walking / bike path...that just always felt strange when those townhomes or hotel was there, like people's living room window was 6 feet from the path.



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Posted 31 October 2023 - 01:56 PM

that just always felt strange when those townhomes or hotel was there, like people's living room window was 6 feet from the path.

We stayed there in 1997 when relocating back to Texas; as a resident it never bothered me.


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Posted 31 October 2023 - 02:57 PM

I feel like it makes more (financial) sense to build one 7-story building rather than a 4/5-story building with an adjacent 10-story building.



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Posted 31 October 2023 - 03:50 PM

I'm pretty sure that my friends who live in the neighborhood will not like this.  One of my friends is a pure NIMBY.



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Posted 01 November 2023 - 06:05 AM

"The neighborhood"?  Is there any neighborhood on that side of the river?


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Posted 01 November 2023 - 07:53 AM

"The neighborhood"?  Is there any neighborhood on that side of the river?

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.



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Posted 01 November 2023 - 08:10 AM

Cross-referencing roverone's new retail apocalypse topic, I think Westbend South should be built without any retail at all. Would city zoning permit it to be pure hospitality and residential? After all, there's already plenty of retail next door in the existing West Bend structures. 

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.

 

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Posted 01 November 2023 - 08:22 AM

Cross-referencing roverone's new retail apocalypse topic, I think Westbend South should be built without any retail at all. Would city zoning permit it to be pure hospitality and residential? After all, there's already plenty of retail next door in the existing West Bend structures. 

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.

 

NOMORB (not on my opposite river bank)

 

I don't completely disagree.  Retail sounds nice on paper, but I have ridden my bike past here hundreds of times and never stopped once.  After Zoe's Kitchen moved out, I have yet to even pull in the parking lot for any of the business along here.  I hate to say, "I could care less" but seeing different places come and go, I just don't even think about it anymore or get emotionally invested about whatever the latest retail spot is along here.  If I wanted to get NIMBY about it, some of the people blocking the trail are annoying, slow walking three abreast, but I'll give them a little grace, maybe they don't realize it is a major recreational thoroughfare.  I'll end my rant with something positive, the food smells great at HG Sply Co.



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Posted 01 November 2023 - 10:08 PM

There's been a bit of discussion since my last post.  The neighborhoods to which I was referring were the ones across the river.  If you are active as I am in the area, you will find that Mistletoe Heights and Berkeley residents do a quite a bit of protesting about activity on University Drive.  I also know that University West and University Place are also quite active neighborhood associations, but I'm not going to credit any opposition to things on University Drive to those neighborhoods. 

 

As for not placing retail in Westbend South, I would have to do a zoning and other regulation search to see if they could built it without that component. 

 

Nitixope, as for the retail component that is in West Bend, I have eaten at Silver Fox several times for special occasions.  The place that I have stopped the most often while on bicycle is HG Sply Co.  Their food is pretty good.  I have also eaten there a few times for lunch when not on bicycle.  One other time, I did go to the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Shop.



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Posted 03 November 2023 - 08:01 AM

Cross-referencing roverone's new retail apocalypse topic, I think Westbend South should be built without any retail at all. Would city zoning permit it to be pure hospitality and residential? After all, there's already plenty of retail next door in the existing West Bend structures. 

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.

 

NOMORB (not on my opposite river bank)

 

gets me thinking about the nimby's who protested the horror of a hotel going in next to the Whole Foods over as part of Waterside, worried that somehow people in a hotel would be able to see the 1000' to their newly built $1M+ homes across Bryant Irvin

 

and honestly, as you drive past Waterside on Bryant Irvin that Residence Inn is BARELY even visible



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Posted 03 November 2023 - 08:51 AM

 

Cross-referencing roverone's new retail apocalypse topic, I think Westbend South should be built without any retail at all. Would city zoning permit it to be pure hospitality and residential? After all, there's already plenty of retail next door in the existing West Bend structures. 

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.

 

NOMORB (not on my opposite river bank)

 

gets me thinking about the nimby's who protested the horror of a hotel going in next to the Whole Foods over as part of Waterside, worried that somehow people in a hotel would be able to see the 1000' to their newly built $1M+ homes across Bryant Irvin

 

and honestly, as you drive past Waterside on Bryant Irvin that Residence Inn is BARELY even visible

 

Totally agree.  Although I would have rather have had the Oxbow restaurants that they initially planned I think the Hotel worked out great for the development and it always seems to be heavily occupied.   That is the part of the Westbend south development that I'm most disappointed about.  A nice Hotel would have worked out great in that area.



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Posted 03 November 2023 - 11:07 AM

 

 

Cross-referencing roverone's new retail apocalypse topic, I think Westbend South should be built without any retail at all. Would city zoning permit it to be pure hospitality and residential? After all, there's already plenty of retail next door in the existing West Bend structures. 

 

I was wondering the same thing.  Best guess is Mistletoe Heights or Berkeley Place across the river.

 

NOMORB (not on my opposite river bank)

 

gets me thinking about the nimby's who protested the horror of a hotel going in next to the Whole Foods over as part of Waterside, worried that somehow people in a hotel would be able to see the 1000' to their newly built $1M+ homes across Bryant Irvin

 

and honestly, as you drive past Waterside on Bryant Irvin that Residence Inn is BARELY even visible

 

Totally agree.  Although I would have rather have had the Oxbow restaurants that they initially planned I think the Hotel worked out great for the development and it always seems to be heavily occupied.   That is the part of the Westbend south development that I'm most disappointed about.  A nice Hotel would have worked out great in that area.

 

 

But the NIMBY's are OK with a giant gas well site sitting right in the middle of it all?

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Posted 06 November 2023 - 03:42 PM

Old Wells Fargo at Westbend to become Diamonds Direct dealer.  Makes sense I guess, given the existing vault and security set-up.

 

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Project Name: Diamonds Direct
Project Number: TABS2024004793
Facility Name: Diamond Direct
Location Address: 1661 S. Old University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 12/11/2023
Completion Date: 5/11/2024
Estimated Cost: $2,000,000
Type of Work: New Construction
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: The scope includes the full design service including all the new structural work, mechanical, plumbing and electrical work for as per the proposed plans. Additionally,it also includes the provision and installation of interior finishes, ceiling grids
Square Footage: 6,687 ft 2
Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No
Current Status: Project Registered
 
OWNER
Owner Name: Diamonds Direct
Owner Address: 4521 Sharon Road, Suite 101
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
 
DESIGN FIRM
Design Firm Name: Phillips Partnership
Design Firm Address: 5901 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Suite 450
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
 
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Posted 07 November 2023 - 07:06 AM

I wonder whether the new "front door" will face the gas station, the fast food joint, the hotel, or the empty lot.  ^_^



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Posted 07 November 2023 - 07:06 AM

There's been a bit of discussion since my last post.  The neighborhoods to which I was referring were the ones across the river.  If you are active as I am in the area, you will find that Mistletoe Heights and Berkeley residents do a quite a bit of protesting about activity on University Drive.  I also know that University West and University Place are also quite active neighborhood associations, but I'm not going to credit any opposition to things on University Drive to those neighborhoods. 

 

As for not placing retail in Westbend South, I would have to do a zoning and other regulation search to see if they could built it without that component. 

 

Nitixope, as for the retail component that is in West Bend, I have eaten at Silver Fox several times for special occasions.  The place that I have stopped the most often while on bicycle is HG Sply Co.  Their food is pretty good.  I have also eaten there a few times for lunch when not on bicycle.  One other time, I did go to the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Shop.

Yeah, we've been for ice cream there as well.  I think if there is more residential in that pocket, there will be demand for some "neighborhood retail" like a bodega/7-11, dry cleaner, barber/hair place, etc.


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Posted 01 December 2023 - 09:50 AM

 

Old Wells Fargo at Westbend to become Diamonds Direct dealer.  Makes sense I guess, given the existing vault and security set-up.

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2024004793

 

PROJECT
Project Name: Diamonds Direct
Project Number: TABS2024004793
Facility Name: Diamond Direct
Location Address: 1661 S. Old University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 12/11/2023
Completion Date: 5/11/2024
Estimated Cost: $2,000,000
Type of Work: New Construction
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: The scope includes the full design service including all the new structural work, mechanical, plumbing and electrical work for as per the proposed plans. Additionally,it also includes the provision and installation of interior finishes, ceiling grids
Square Footage: 6,687 ft 2
Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No
Current Status: Project Registered
 
OWNER
Owner Name: Diamonds Direct
Owner Address: 4521 Sharon Road, Suite 101
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
 
DESIGN FIRM
Design Firm Name: Phillips Partnership
Design Firm Address: 5901 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Suite 450
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
 
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From what I'm seeing, it appears this is indeed a tear down and new construction project:

 

Razing permit is filed

 

New Building Permit Filed too:

https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

Project Description:
Diamonds Direct
New Retail Jewelry Store / 3RD PARTY PR AND INSP - METRO CODE


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Posted 03 December 2023 - 02:43 PM

I didn't realize that branch had closed.


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Posted 03 December 2023 - 07:32 PM

It closed some time back.  I remember going down University Drive and not seeing the sign.



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Posted 05 March 2024 - 10:38 PM

It looks like the Hanover multifamily project on Merrimac Circle is dead. The land has been listed for sale: http://www.loopnet.c...isting/31126999

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Posted 05 March 2024 - 11:39 PM

It looks like the Hanover multifamily project on Merrimac Circle is dead. The land has been listed for sale: http://www.loopnet.c...isting/31126999

 

Weak.


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Posted 06 March 2024 - 08:07 AM

How is that "weak"?  Do you want someone that doesn't have the financing for a project to plow ahead anyway?



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Posted 06 March 2024 - 08:23 AM

Maybe the food truck park can return in the meantime? 🤞

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Posted 06 March 2024 - 07:40 PM

How is that "weak"?  Do you want someone that doesn't have the financing for a project to plow ahead anyway?

It's an expression . . . 


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Posted 06 March 2024 - 07:41 PM

Okay.  What do you mean by using it?



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Posted 07 March 2024 - 12:03 PM

Okay.  What do you mean by using it?


I don't like the plan being canceled, as such as many others in this town that have been as well...

Nothing more than that.

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Posted 07 March 2024 - 12:25 PM

Plans change.  It happens in every city.



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Posted Yesterday, 06:39 AM

Weak.

 

Agreed!







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