Talk about mixed blessings. A Walmart one block from an opera house, in a building by Arquitectonica? Yet another ridiculous contrast in the developing history of downtown Miami.
Discount retailer Wal-Mart is negotiating to open a store in a planned retail complex that would be built next to the Miami Herald building and steps way from Miami-Dade’s new performing arts center.
Developer Mark Siffin is finalizing a deal with Wal-Mart to anchor his proposed five-story retail center known as City Square, according to several sources familiar with the negotiations. The project would include more than 25 tenants, with restaurants on the ground floor and big box retailers to fill the 675,000-square-foot mid-rise designed by the world-renowned, Miami-based firm Arquitectonica.
Read the full article (registration required) for more. I'm kind of undecided; I absolutely hate what Walmart represents, but those starving Chinese children sure do make cheap wooden coat hangers. How do you feel about a LOLmart in downtown Miami? And what the hell is going with Bayview Marketplace, where this retailer should go?
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not to mention that in cities with less to do like Tallahassee, there is now here better to trip acid than 3 AM at SuperWalMart