A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
WP: Market Growth
This article from the Post looks at affluent grocery stores, where they locate & why communities court them so heavily. Thanks to Capricious for pointing it out.
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One of the claims made in this story that I think is significant for our area is that Harris-Teeter -- which we lost as a potential store in the area the TJs would go -- is the only company that's been comfortable with building supermarkets with non-standard footprints.
I lived in Cambridge, MA, for a while. In the old neighborhoods of Cambridge and Boston, there *are* supermarkets -- but they don't follow the standard suburban design plan of "faceless box building fronted by acres of surface lot parking." Instead, the grocery stores are embedded in other structures, e.g. taking up a floor or two of an office building, with parking on the same levels of the overall structure or on levels above/below the store. My enthusiasm for a Trader Joe's wanes somewhat if the only way to bring them in is via a strip mall.
That said, I presume TJ's is willing to deviate from the standard plan sometimes -- cf. the Trader Joe's just north of Old Town.
i lived in san diego for a while, and the TJs there was non-standard. i think they are willing to entertain a pretty flexible footprint.
also, harris teeter *is* moving close by. they're going to NoMa, somewhat near the bus station. the announcement will be official before the end of the year.
3 comments:
One of the claims made in this story that I think is significant for our area is that Harris-Teeter -- which we lost as a potential store in the area the TJs would go -- is the only company that's been comfortable with building supermarkets with non-standard footprints.
I lived in Cambridge, MA, for a while. In the old neighborhoods of Cambridge and Boston, there *are* supermarkets -- but they don't follow the standard suburban design plan of "faceless box building fronted by acres of surface lot parking." Instead, the grocery stores are embedded in other structures, e.g. taking up a floor or two of an office building, with parking on the same levels of the overall structure or on levels above/below the store. My enthusiasm for a Trader Joe's wanes somewhat if the only way to bring them in is via a strip mall.
That said, I presume TJ's is willing to deviate from the standard plan sometimes -- cf. the Trader Joe's just north of Old Town.
i lived in san diego for a while, and the TJs there was non-standard. i think they are willing to entertain a pretty flexible footprint.
also, harris teeter *is* moving close by. they're going to NoMa, somewhat near the bus station. the announcement will be official before the end of the year.
next....
YAWN.
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