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AGFUO - Public comments provided to the Planning Commission for the July 28, 2021, meeting
<br />McNellis Partners I A Vaccine for Retail?
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<br />A Vaccine for Retail'?
<br />Retail ha; the yirvs. dust as with people, d!tfererk retailer are reacting to this IrneCdon very dlnerentty. Ailing rnercharts n!thI comorbidities
<br />It sulrel'Inn—of 0'!og —w hi I e those kYlIhOLrt long-te!'rn Illnesses are symptomal.c. even rledIthy
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<br />1995,t! I e ni+mner of ;hopDlny centers In the US Ilam ]town Iry rnere Man 2)1M and iha total gross leasable ar&t b)• almo R 30%• whl le die
<br />pupulallcal ric: grown by Iees Ulan 14%< W ordingto Forbes, Amenea ns: roughav 51; square feet of retail ;pace per capta while Europe
<br />I17s;u5t 2.5?ouele feet hye have too many' letallers selling 7-;e san e—;zt's ;all It sDJfl'— In every city In 111e counMe
<br />Where ; n rre wda', Fust, hear Reoilers thatyou tr10ugilL LWi yeala ago— nolaoly, Sears, J.C. Penney eno Kmart—will finally give up
<br />Ihf; rllm: l Tfwn, rdhrr• ,aihl hid mallaganenl Or 111-1 mu. -II t!ebl oroverwhrinrfnq 1 nmpcliliun Will alsi l [9s:�npre:n
<br />J.'. l f rsuir, f•NM, i7 R✓ In tris? COulYry WI!I he Currfon[0d 141tn d1 d ir1Igal: and '%Yaranc\-pmked shnl;pinq distkt- S this rf-ression tInnd9 on
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<br />nelriecke> t'Iat, it f ripla!nerlted, wowd help stabilize retail
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<br />_ =;uni- OU ota,l NO n: turn any tlrne aeon, if vV-i, to e=on a _ol r, ,u1n u::1ne 1th.d r, tacalrie•; off: cr by nisi LprlanLj. Cita; zunmg mule
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<br />6/1/2021,12:51 PM
<br />Distributed to City Council for the September 7, 2021, meeting Page 18
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