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Originally Posted by Syndic
...I also fear that an H-E-B with parking would create a logistical nightmare for downtown as everyone tried to get their groceries after work (in rush hour) and then exit/enter the parking garage at the same time. It would pretty much shut down the flow of traffic on whatever street it was on.
Whole Foods works because it has a big parking lot (and now a brand new parking garage next to it), but it's kind of outside of the main downtown area and I don't think we want any more parking lots in downtown.
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Traffic would not be a "huge" concern with an urban H-E-B in CBD Austin. The City knows that if such a proposal came forth, they would have to treat it equally to how they did Whole Foods (or find themselves inthralled in a massive lawsuit).
Additionally, customers of Whole Food's who arrive in vehicles, have plenty of parking onsite (a little surface level and three block-sized levels of subterranean parking). I have yet to run into anyone who parks across or down the street. I work downtown and live near Lake Travis...Over the past 5+ years of commuting, I have rarely run into problems finding onsite parking at the downtown WF's; even in the evenings on the way home.