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Old Posted Mar 4, 2011, 1:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Hayward View Post
Well your question is answered in your first paragraph. It's on the edge of the CBD, and there isn't any regular destination* on the other sides. But yes, if Detroit's downtown were growing, it would be unfortunate that some of the city's best real estate was occupied by a large box with an ugly parking lot on top. I'm sure the view from office buildings above still won't get much of an improvement after renovations. A parking lot is a parking lot.

* Joe Louis arena is not a regular destination, it's seasonal.
There would arguably be no regular destination on the west side of Cobo regardless; isn't the majority of the area to the west of the Riverfront Condominiums a massive brownfield?
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