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Discussion on commercial space uses, including laundromat services
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Council Member Crystal Hudson inquires about the potential for including laundromat services in the commercial space. Michael Berfield discusses their approach to commercial tenants and local businesses.
- Developer is open to having a laundromat in the commercial space
- The site's large footprint allows for both larger commercial uses and smaller spaces for local businesses
- Smaller spaces along the street are reserved for local businesses to enliven the streetscape
- Conversations have been held with the current laundromat tenant about potentially returning to the site
- Importance of local businesses and community spaces is acknowledged
Crystal Hudson
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Okay.
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And then, I know you mentioned some of the uses for the commercial space that you're considering.
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I didn't hear mention about the laundromat, so I just wanted to make sure we can get that on the record.
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I know it's important, to the community to maintain laundry service in the area even if it isn't that specific laundromat provider.
Michael Berfield
0:54:18
Yeah.
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As a a person who's developed a lot of commercial, I'd say no to no tenant.
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So I would be happy to have a laundromat there.
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We do have, as Ellie mentioned, one of the advantages of the site is the large footprint allows for larger commercial uses, which is great because that's not typical.
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But we've always, made a priority of reserving smaller spaces along the street for local potential businesses for more sort of, the type of uses that enliven a streetscape a little more, have a little more activity, and a laundromat is a is a great use to bring people to a site.
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So that would certainly be something we're interested in, and we've had conversations with our tenant who had been occupying the space about coming back at the appropriate time.
Crystal Hudson
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Great.
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And local businesses are also obviously Absolutely.
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Important as are as are the ones, the uses that you did mention, the community space and and things like that.
Michael Berfield
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Absolutely.