TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Bob Wrote:
> >>> Why do you think McLean Hardware moved into
> the old Giant Gourmet?
>
>
> But McLean Hardware wasn't located in the same
> building as The PUB? The hardware store was over
> in that older strip of buildings with the green
> mansard roof. I could understand tearing that
> ugly thing down- it looks old. But the strip next
> to Giant where the PUB and Kazan are, I never
> heard anything about that getting ripped down.
>
> It'll be interesting to see how this redevelopment
> progresses. I look forward to it.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/survey/dranesville/mainstreetsurvey.htm
Read the first sentence at the top of the survey:
The area of downtown McLean under discussion is bordered by Old Dominion Drive, Chain Bridge Road, Beverly Road and Ingleside Avenue. (Giant shopping center/Greenberry’s /McLean Hardware areas).
They are going to redevelop the entire area. Which means they are going to either relocate or replace all of the businesses in that area.
Do you think the Chesapeake Bagel has a chance? Probably not.
Does Capri have a chance? If the owners have been actively working with the planners, they might have a chance.
If David isn't on the board or the commitee, he stands to be driven out by the people who are, or at least "accidentally overlooked"