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Originally Posted by onthestrip
Its good to have hope, but I think we are no less than 5 years away from getting these national retailers to locate downtown. There just arent enough downtown residents yet.
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If we do it right, we won't have to have "enough downtown residents yet", if a visionary could put a development in place that would allow tenants to cluster together, (a larger, and hopefully more tasteful version of the centennial) then we could easily support it by tourism and conventions given the proximity to Ford Center and COX Center as long as we get a good tenant mix. There are plenty of cities (some smaller) who have more downtown retail then we do and less downtown residents then we do, you can cater to other crowds such as conventioners and events fans and be successful without having to have tens of thousands of downtown residents (omaha and wichita come to mind).