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Starbucks, apartment project could be first phase in larger downtown project with 200 apartments, retail, office and grocery store

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/201...er_default

Sucks that Publix pulled out of the deal. Still a win, regardless.

Didn't see anywhere in the article about Publix pulling out of the deal... I know Publix pulled out of a previous downtown development, but that was awhile back.

Dick Schmalz?

(04-08-2014 01:21 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Didn't see anywhere in the article about Publix pulling out of the deal... I know Publix pulled out of a previous downtown development, but that was awhile back.

Wasn't reported but they were in talks with that particular project. I don't know why they decided not to sign.

A major name grocery store (or two) has been seen as a need for the future growth of the downtown residential districts since the loft movement first began. Perhaps the newer Wal-Mart specialty store like the one at the Prominade in Homewood (an old Winn Dixie location) might come in to fill this need.

For the urban apartment movement to reach stability, it must provide for full family services, not just for singles or childless couples (the very young or the very old). Since fresh groceries are a staple of family life, a good and convenient source of them must be an essential of long term development.

(04-08-2014 02:18 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  A major name grocery store (or two) has been seen as a need for the future growth of the downtown residential districts since the loft movement first began. Perhaps the newer Wal-Mart specialty store like the one at the Prominade in Homewood (an old Winn Dixie location) might come in to fill this need.

For the urban apartment movement to reach stability, it must provide for full family services, not just for singles or childless couples (the very young or the very old). Since fresh groceries are a staple of family life, a good and convenient source of them must be an essential of long term development.

That's Palisades in Birmingham.

(04-08-2014 02:24 PM)BlazerDave Wrote:  

(04-08-2014 02:18 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  A major name grocery store (or two) has been seen as a need for the future growth of the downtown residential districts since the loft movement first began. Perhaps the newer Wal-Mart specialty store like the one at the Prominade in Homewood (an old Winn Dixie location) might come in to fill this need.

For the urban apartment movement to reach stability, it must provide for full family services, not just for singles or childless couples (the very young or the very old). Since fresh groceries are a staple of family life, a good and convenient source of them must be an essential of long term development.

That's Palisades in Birmingham.

Thanks for the correction. It has been a while since I was in that area.

I wish they'd build a few condo developments. Apartments are nice, but I want to move down there and not have to rent

I see it as the apartments are testing the waters and when they're successful you'll see condo development and/or some of the apartments converted to condos.

this is great news for the UAB community as it should probably help with enrollment growth

(04-08-2014 08:21 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  this is great news for the UAB community as it should probably help with enrollment growth

And the converse also applies, I think developers are aware of UAB plans to aggressively expand enrollment. It's kind of come together in a perfect storm with southside exploding with development. It's contagious. And the new tax revenue will allow the city to pursue other projects downtown. Birmingham is becoming a national story again and not for some of the negative things we remember but for a rebirth that many didn't foresee. Those who dreamt up Railroad Park and helped it come to pass deserve a lot of credit for this boon.

What should be the target enrollment for UAB for 2020, 2030, 2040, etc.? Based upon what we are seeing in other southern states, the urban universities seem to be moving toward a dominant position for the 21st century. B'ham (UAB), Mobile (USA) and Huntsville (UAH & AL A&M) may become the largest enrollment universities in Alabama by the middle of this century. If the state merged the 3 state universities in Montgomery, they might be in that picture as well.

Alabama and Auburn will always be larger in terms of total population. In all honesty I could care less. I want UAB to be a *quality* education, not try to be the Arizona State of the South.

(04-09-2014 12:33 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  What should be the target enrollment for UAB for 2020, 2030, 2040, etc.?

I'm not sure about those years, but I think that by the year 2207, we should have 325,600 students.

Just my opinion.

(04-09-2014 02:54 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-09-2014 12:33 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  What should be the target enrollment for UAB for 2020, 2030, 2040, etc.?

I'm not sure about those years, but I think that by the year 2207, we should have 325,600 students.

Just my opinion.

That would leave UAB only about 200,000 short of the enrollment of the national university of Thailand in Bangkok when our daughter was over there on a mission trip in the 1990s. At least that is what she was told.