Comments on: Studemont Kroger 380 Agreement Passes http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jules http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-185811 Jules Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:31:03 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-185811 The HEB Gulfgate 380 seems super shady to me. Now that Walmart, Kroger and HEB each have a 380 will this mess end or will the fourth largest City in the US end up getting no tax revenue from any supermarket or discount store? The HEB Gulfgate 380 seems super shady to me. Now that Walmart, Kroger and HEB each have a 380 will this mess end or will the fourth largest City in the US end up getting no tax revenue from any supermarket or discount store?

]]> By: PYEWACKET2 http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-185579 PYEWACKET2 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:14:39 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-185579 @#14 Niche, I just read it too. Sounds like blatant blackmail on the part of HEB. And the city caved. Wonder why? That store never has down time. @#14 Niche,

I just read it too. Sounds like blatant blackmail on the part of HEB.

And the city caved. Wonder why?

That store never has down time.

]]> By: Ian V http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-185572 Ian V Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:13:42 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-185572 commonsense, you don't have to be such an asshole to make your point. Try writing as if you were having a conversation in person. commonsense, you don’t have to be such an asshole to make your point. Try writing as if you were having a conversation in person.

]]> By: mies http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184976 mies Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:26:59 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184976 I wish the city would negotiate a little harder on these 380 deals. Maybe demand a higher standard for the design, better landscape, and so on. $40K for the nearby cemetery is just chump change. What about throwing in some improvements to Stude Park, or the nearby bikeway corridor? The city continues to give away too much for too little in return. I wish the city would negotiate a little harder on these 380 deals. Maybe demand a higher standard for the design, better landscape, and so on. $40K for the nearby cemetery is just chump change. What about throwing in some improvements to Stude Park, or the nearby bikeway corridor? The city continues to give away too much for too little in return.

]]> By: HeightsMama http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184899 HeightsMama Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:23:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184899 I wish there was a comment section at the ballot box. I would like these jerks to know exactly why I am voting for the other guy. I wish there was a comment section at the ballot box. I would like these jerks to know exactly why I am voting for the other guy.

]]> By: PYEWACKET2 http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184892 PYEWACKET2 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:53:24 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184892 I find it hard to believe that HEB was ever planning to close the Gulfgate location. That store is ALWAYS packed. Has been since it opened in '04 or '05. I find it hard to believe that HEB was ever planning to close the Gulfgate location. That store is ALWAYS packed. Has been since it opened in ’04 or ’05.

]]> By: shadyheightster http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184882 shadyheightster Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:20:24 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184882 Interesting. Someone can correct me on this, but I think this summer when certain city swimming pools were going to close, Sheila Jackson Lee got a couple large businesses to pony up to the tune of around $800K to keep them open. So this "rebate" of future tax revenue to Kroger would pay for 3 summer's worth of open pools were it not going to their corporate office in Cincinnati. This is truly kicking the can down the road and will probably result in property tax increases 5 years from now when the city coffers are running low. Interesting. Someone can correct me on this, but I think this summer when certain city swimming pools were going to close, Sheila Jackson Lee got a couple large businesses to pony up to the tune of around $800K to keep them open. So this “rebate” of future tax revenue to Kroger would pay for 3 summer’s worth of open pools were it not going to their corporate office in Cincinnati.
This is truly kicking the can down the road and will probably result in property tax increases 5 years from now when the city coffers are running low.

]]> By: Jules http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184880 Jules Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:07:01 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184880 Niche - it's what the contract says. So it's probably not true. http://204.235.237.46/finance/ecodev/380/heb.pdf Niche – it’s what the contract says. So it’s probably not true.

http://204.235.237.46/finance/ecodev/380/heb.pdf

]]> By: TheNiche http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184878 TheNiche Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:39:35 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184878 So I just pulled the agreement and read over it. I smell a rat. If the City intends to allow businesses threatening to close access to our coffers, we need public disclosure of their financial circumstances. That should be non-negotiable. So I just pulled the agreement and read over it. I smell a rat. If the City intends to allow businesses threatening to close access to our coffers, we need public disclosure of their financial circumstances. That should be non-negotiable.

]]> By: commonsense http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184875 commonsense Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:21:43 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184875 It is the job of every CEO or manager to take ALL advantages for a business, their duty is for the business to make more money (which trickles down to your 401K), hence, for those that DO complain, do not blame the business, blame your elected officials, blame the VAGITARIAN you all had a "hard on" for the last election. It is the job of every CEO or manager to take ALL advantages for a business, their duty is for the business to make more money (which trickles down to your 401K), hence, for those that DO complain, do not blame the business, blame your elected officials, blame the VAGITARIAN you all had a “hard on” for the last election.

]]> By: TheNiche http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184874 TheNiche Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:21:16 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184874 Old School...are you sure about the Gulfgate deal? That HEB location was one of the top performers in the entire chain when it opened. And it hasn't been but about what, seven years? Not much has changed in the marketplace since then, and its still a very busy store. Old School…are you sure about the Gulfgate deal? That HEB location was one of the top performers in the entire chain when it opened. And it hasn’t been but about what, seven years? Not much has changed in the marketplace since then, and its still a very busy store.

]]> By: miss_msry http://swamplot.com/studemont-kroger-380-agreement-passes/2011-10-26/#comment-184866 miss_msry Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:33:20 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=33328#comment-184866 Why aren't these 380 agreements being used to irrigate the grocery deserts in Houston? Why aren’t these 380 agreements being used to irrigate the grocery deserts in Houston?

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