COMMENT OF THE DAY: THE WILSHIRE VILLAGE CURSE “. . . I think we can officially call this site cursed as everyone who has anything to do with it seems to begin making insane decisions about what to do with it. A grocery store?? Really?!?” [mstark, commenting on H-E-B: Yes, We’re Buying the Wilshire Village Site]
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How is that a bad decision. if the store is anything like the Buffalo Spdwy store, it will be more neighborhood oriented versus a major store like the Kroger on Buffalo Spdwy.
The real curse may be the one on the politicians who are involved in this dramarama and have been from the beginning.
Last episode, a court ruled in favor of Wedge Group. Now, suddenly, Dilick is selling it to someone else. Having paid off the loan, or judgement, to Wedge.
One thing about the HEB that may prove interesting is how the homeowners whose property adjoins the property will feel about those huge delivery trucks every night and all the noise. They don’t make noon deliveries you know. Not to mention the “aesthetics” which was bad enough with Wilshire Village. But at least the “park” hid the condition somewhat. With HEB there will be no park. Just lots of concrete and a huge building looming in front and in back of you. And there, as they say, go the property values.
From kjb434:
How is that a bad decision. if the store is anything like the Buffalo Spdwy store, it will be more neighborhood oriented versus a
major store like the Kroger on Buffalo Spdwy.
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There is already a grocery store RIGHT THERE literally across the street. Albeit a Fiesta, but I have lived in that neighborhood off and on for the last 10 years and it serves the neighborhood well as is. Additionally, the streets are narrow and this section of West Alabama isn’t suitable for heavy traffic. Add the light rail line which in a few years will gum up Richmond and how are people going to get to this store exactly?
Matt Mystery
I think you’re hitting a big nail on the head. HEB would need to to put up sound wall and maybe landscape the back. The neighborhood should ask nicely about this versus blowing up. I’m sure HEB would swallow the small costs versus dealing people like the Stop Ashby idiots.
I also wonder about the lights. The loading dock is usually well let since the deliveries usually happen early in the morning or nighttime.
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mstark,
What’s wrong with having two stores across from each other. Knowing Fiesta, they drive a hard bargin, it’ll force HEB to do this also. It can only be good for the shopper at that location. I would like to get the circulars for those two locations when HEB opens.
Well how do the neighbors put up with Fiesta’s loading dock? It does seem like an awkward location at the location of two secondary streets but who knows–maybe improvements to Dunlavy will be made–oh good Lord what am I thinking????
Hmm…I guess there’s nothing “wrong” with having two stores across from each other. In a dense residential neighborhood. At the intersection of narrow, two lane streets. In an area already well served by multiple grocery stores/markets.
Nothing wrong with it at all.
I’m sure it will do fine and it may force Feista and the shopping center it’s in to redevelop or at least remodel.
And so what if traffic gets bad. Then people will walk. Isn’t that what people in a dense neighborhood should do?
Well how do the neighbors put up with Fiesta’s loading dock?
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The only real neighbors are commercial. Unless I’m mistaken the loading “dock” is on the side on West Alabama. And is really nothing more than a door.
Of course some could play the dirty politics game and put an end to this HEB and have Grocer’s Supply cut off HEB. Which they might do anyway. Grocer’s Supply owns Fiesta. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Or compete across the street.
HEB supplies the HEB stores, not Grocer’s Supply.