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@Alex,

"Mixed Use" is now such an amorphous term, like "green development". It is overused and misunderstood.

Walmart is a retailer and doesn't do "mixed use". They build strip stores or occupy space in "mixed use" developments thats built for them. They don't build apts or condos, they certainly don't build or coordinate other retail around them. Thats up to the developer.

Having said that, did you ever think that perhaps "mixed use" isn't proposed here because it wouldn't work.

You can't simply plop down a "Bethesda Row" anywhere on a map and expect it to work. The median income for that area of Capital Heights (~31K/yr) is far too low to support the kind of development you wish for and the population density way too light.

The Cap Heights metro is underutilized as a metro stop right now for a reason. Hopefully that will change in the next 10-20 years, but your kind of development just isn't suited for that location right now.

by freely on Dec 29, 2010 10:57 am • link • report

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