Real Estate/Development
May 20, 2003
Taming the Beast
BY MICHAEL M. BERGER You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, and neither does looking the other way. The earth still shakes when it stalks the night.
BY MICHAEL M. BERGER
You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, and neither does looking the other way. The earth still shakes when it stalks the night.
That is reportedly what it feels like in some municipalities when the big-box stores (the ones with all the architectural style of a large packing crate surrounded by acres of sterile concrete parking lots) come calling.
The city of Lancaster in northern...
You can't pretend that an 800-pound gorilla just isn't there. Whistling doesn't help, and neither does looking the other way. The earth still shakes when it stalks the night.
That is reportedly what it feels like in some municipalities when the big-box stores (the ones with all the architectural style of a large packing crate surrounded by acres of sterile concrete parking lots) come calling.
The city of Lancaster in northern...
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