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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "agreement" was signed by Giant knowing they were in discussions to sell the chain. Once Ahold bought the chain, all bets were off.

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Are you suggesting that Giant negotiated and entered into an agreement in bad faith, knowing that they were for sale?

In any event, it's a bit disingenuous for some to claim that the community held up a new Giant for many years.  It's clear that all stakeholders, including the mayor, Giant and the ANC and community groups, agreed on the specifics of a new store which Giant committed to complete and open by 2003.  Instead, it was Giant that backed away from this commitment and let the existing store deteriorate, until the ANC got them to re-engage several years later.  [/quote]

And if the neighbors hadn't held up the perfectly reasonable 1999 proposal, it would have been open in 2002. The landmarking of the 2002 proposal is an action that has done permanent damage to the credibility of the preservationists movement in the city.[/quote]

Many feel that the original store proposal, with a 300’ blank wall on Wisconsin, would have deadened the street.  I thought that self-styled hip, smart-growther urbanists want a lively streetscaoe.   :lol: [/quote]

The 300 foot blank wall was the "matter of right" 2002 proposal. Please go back to the original 1999 proposal before you make more of a fool of yourself than you already have.[/quote]

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