I get the innate revulsion to corporations becoming more involved in our lives, really I do, but what's the problem here? It's efficient use of space and puts downward pressure on housing demand.
Are you suggesting it's part of a bigger push for corporations to take over the rental market and force out independent landlords? That would be a problem, yeah. But on its own it's fine. You could even say that using their space to provide housing opportunities for the community shows a sense of civic responsibility.
I don't have a problem per se with it, but I do question the choice of retailer. Costco's target market is small business owners and families but the people who would be interested in living in those apartments are all yuppie DINKs.
I see it as a further dehumanizing of the suburban landscape.
Retail stores on ground floors of apartment buildings makes sense in really densely populated cities like SF or NYC, but elsewhere such a setup discourages going anywhere but those places you drive to.
A Megalomart on the ground floor of my apartment building? With all the traffic it attracts? No thanks.
I get the innate revulsion to corporations becoming more involved in our lives, really I do, but what's the problem here? It's efficient use of space and puts downward pressure on housing demand.
Are you suggesting it's part of a bigger push for corporations to take over the rental market and force out independent landlords? That would be a problem, yeah. But on its own it's fine. You could even say that using their space to provide housing opportunities for the community shows a sense of civic responsibility.
I agree. Ground floor housing in the city is silly. It makes far more sense to have a store on the first level.
I don't have a problem per se with it, but I do question the choice of retailer. Costco's target market is small business owners and families but the people who would be interested in living in those apartments are all yuppie DINKs.
They're probably not trying to sell to those people, just trying to make money off of the flat space they developed on top of the sales.
I see it as a further dehumanizing of the suburban landscape.
Retail stores on ground floors of apartment buildings makes sense in really densely populated cities like SF or NYC, but elsewhere such a setup discourages going anywhere but those places you drive to.
A Megalomart on the ground floor of my apartment building? With all the traffic it attracts? No thanks.