[quote=AN][quote=The-Shoveler]That’s kind of the point, it grows organically as a location matures and grows, it’s not force fed.
When the strip mall owner is suddenly offered 10-20 million for his land, the Biz owners will mostly like get something too, it just kind of works itself out.[/quote]But areas like built out suburbs won’t grow, unless it already has an urban core w/in it. If it doesn’t, it will most likely just stand still as a suburb. Have you seen very many suburb with no urban core reinvent/grow itself and add an urban core?
Even if the strip mall owner might get offered 10-20 millions for his land, the surrounding residence won’t let that strip mall be converted to an urban core with mix use. That’s my point, I just don’t see that happen. A strip mall can be renovated, but it will stay a strip mall.
Also, you don’t want just any strip mall to be converted to mix used urban core. You want your urban core to be near freeway/public transit. Those are the kind of things that need proper planning.[/quote]
You’d be surprised. My MIL’s neighborhood in LA looks vastly different today than it did just 10-15 years ago. Her house is beginning to look like the old man’s house in the movie “UP,” when the big city was being built all around the quaint little house. (the second picture down)
They’ve torn down some old favorites (houses and businesses) and built up 4-5 story buildings in their places. It’s happening all over the place in the older parts of LA, including the suburbs.
