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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the neighborhood, too, and want a modern store, but cannot overemphasize how much Giant's development group has screwed this one up.  Apparently they went to the wrong zoning body in the city to get their approvals and will probably have to go back to a different DC commission, if the court invalidates their permits as expected.  They emptied out the block of great businesses like Sullivan's Toys before they had even secured financing.  They made a lot of promises like having reduced rents so existing tenants could stay and to build a LEED-certified store, but then backtracked.  And unlike most developers, they've refused even to make small modifications (like moving their loading dock away from some existing houses and closer to the townhomes Giant plans to build), which would have moved the project forward, sooner.  During this whole saga, Safeway managed to build a new, green store north of Georgetwon, whihc is taking market share from Giant.[/quote]

I doubt that Safeway is taking much market share from Giant because SOviet style Giant had very few customers to begin with. Most of us Loyal Giant customers go to Giant on CT ave. Basically an empty shell will sit on Wisconsin for years and years because some old fuddy duddy on Newark or Macomb hates "tall buildings", or is afraid of who may come to shop there. Newsflash: it's just your neighbors.[/quote]

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