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Pier Park update

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beachmouse said:
Borders! Squee!

I've got many fond memories of the original one in Ann Arbor- first time I ever was in a book store big enough to have its own escalator.

It'll be the one thing that makes the drive to PCB worth it for me.
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Have a look at www.pierparkretail.com to see what the Borders store is going to look like, as well as a really well-done computer animation video touring the completed Pier Park. Simon is obviously serious about PCB.
 
beachmouse said:
Borders! Squee!

I've got many fond memories of the original one in Ann Arbor- first time I ever was in a book store big enough to have its own escalator.

It'll be the one thing that makes the drive to PCB worth it for me.
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Are you from Ann Arbor where the original Borders was (and still is but looks nothing like it used to)?
 
Not from there, but I got my Master's from U of M, and A^2 was the road trip to civilization when I was at undergrad at Albion.
 
A2 is a very nice town, which is why we moved here (though, as you know, winters are coooooooold and grey and long). Good thing it's such a nice town to balance that out. Great place to raise a family. Anyway, I guess we've hijacked the thread a tad...
 
:clap::clap:I cant wait for these stores :clap::clap:

I am also glad that there are some "mom&pop" mixed in with the chain stores.....ie, Solace and No Regrets...
 
"...every time she wants a $20 candle ..."




I don't believe either the wife nor I would ever buy a
$20 candle, much less more than one.

But there must be plenty of people who do, if this
sort of shop survives.
 
"...Panama City Beach: Rodeo Drive of the Panhandle..."


There always seems to be plenty of vacant retail space every
time I look around in PCB. For example, the Shops at Edgewater
are pretty-much dead. Back in 1994 it was pretty high-class.

Same thing over in Destin; I forget the name but all those little
shops at the corner of 98 and the road over to Holiday Island?
They just opened-up in '02 or '03, I think, and in '07 they are
all vacant.

Is there really a need for yet more retail?

Vacant condos & vacant retail.

Why can't "they" come-up with some vacant beach?
 
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