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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AU doesn't own any of the buildings that have the fast express food in the neighborhood. Not one of them.

And if you read the letter posted on the neighborhood listserve, it becomes pretty clear that AU wasn't the bad guy in the Johnson's issue.

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They own the building that Firelake Grill closed down in with impossible high rents and a bunch of hamburger joints were rumored to be circling. Just sayin[/quote]

Last time I checked, the fast express places were all in the core Tenley area. Hence not in a property that AU owns. Just sayin.[/quote]

I have no idea who owns those, only that they seem to be the only 'type' of eating establishment that can hack these rents. And that looks to be the same in the property Au  owns.
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You have no idea but for a restaurant to thrive it needs to successfully serve the market in which it is located.  And Tenleytown is a low density neighborhood (which means relatively few adults) with lots of students.  And students (of all ages) like fast casual food.  So unsurprisingly there are many fast casual restaurants in Tenleytown.

Add more adults to the neighborhood and you might find more demand for sit-down restaurants.

Interestingly it is the growing neighborhoods east of the park that have the most interesting and innovative restaurants, almost all of which are locally owned.

So you dislike what you see in your own neighborhood food wise but think the solution is to keep doing the same thing?

How exactly will that change things?

Drop the paranoia and take an Uber over to 14th Street and check out all the cool new restaurants over there - you might learn something.[/quote]

The restaurants in Cathedral Commons seem to be doing just fine. So there goes your theory.
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Actually a couple of them are struggling now.  Once the Town Center at Wegmans' Fannie opens, customers will desert CathCom as being a bit shabby in comparison.[/quote]

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