tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859912768434138471.post9004034174609387319..comments2024-02-22T03:48:38.956-07:00Comments on Mesa Issues: Riverview and Redeveloping West MesaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859912768434138471.post-46914027870085677512009-02-20T00:04:00.000-07:002009-02-20T00:04:00.000-07:00This is very typical for retailers to move. That ...This is very typical for retailers to move. That is why big box is a very bad idea. They tend to only be in an area for two decades then they leave. Tempe marketplace did the same with many stores. I think there are some positives and negatives about the development. Del Rito did not go outside the box for what he got in the vote. He did not be innovative in his design and to keep this place sustaining over time. The really needed to find a way to blend it in to the neighborhood and canal as an asset. Figure out a way to make the big box stores mix in with the smaller ones and make it a true Mixed use development. The theater district was poorly designed and is struggling because of it. This area could have been that much better then what tempe market place is, but it was poor design and I am happy that the council told Del Rito to make his design of his new center out in the gateway center more urban. <BR/><BR/>The emptiness in fiesta is a double edge sword. With so much blank space available, the idea of becoming a semi urban center can be meet with redeveloping the area. Westcor in my opinion is doing an absolute disservice to the area and the city/residents. What they are doing is totally pathetic compared to what they are building and redeveloping elsewhere. We get a building that is even uglier then the old Macy’s, and some pads!!! Yeah, can we say more suburban in an area that wants to turn to urban and walkable? Poor job by Westcor and the lack of reinvesting into the Fiesta District. I think there is are some great opportunities of redevelopment of these oversized parking lots and big box stores. It is time for the city to update their policy to stop this stuff from happening. A majority of places are not going to be MeKong plaza.Heath Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643042462068913620noreply@blogger.com