tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post5380498711756367995..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: Richardson Needs More ApartmentsMark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-25624554982180621692017-09-11T13:08:46.811-05:002017-09-11T13:08:46.811-05:00Businesses need workers. Cities need healthy neigh...Businesses need workers. Cities need healthy neighborhoods. There is opportunity for synergy here. Healthy neighborhoods should include duplexes, triplexes, second floor apts above retail, tiny homes, backyard cottages, and more design styles that can accommodate small budgets.Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-56833492194319461442017-09-11T13:08:21.431-05:002017-09-11T13:08:21.431-05:00Chuck Riehm, thanks for the feedback. To be honest...Chuck Riehm, thanks for the feedback. To be honest, I hadn't considered your solution of just getting rid of restaurants. But unless you get rid of them all, there's still the problem that the average apartment rent is still unaffordable for the employees of the restaurants that remain.Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-22134312013699323812017-09-11T09:55:24.050-05:002017-09-11T09:55:24.050-05:00City Line didn't need 30+ restaurants landing ...City Line didn't need 30+ restaurants landing within a few months in 2016. None of them are profitable for a variety of reasons, labor costs (raise wages = more labor, simple), food costs, traffic congestion at Plano Rd and Renner, over supply of seats for the number of people (those apartments are not even done construction, currently poorly populated as they are too expensive for the City Line business employees to afford. The planning wasn't wrong necessarily but the timing was tremendously wrong. Supply of restaurants far exceeds the demand within a 2 mile area because the population has not grown enough to demand this over-saturation of restaurants. <br /> Chuck Riehmnoreply@blogger.com