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LAS VEGAS — If you can imagine three huge convention centers chock full of booths from all facets of the retail real estate and retail industry and toss in 50,000 attendees from around the world, that would a very quick snapshot of what the annual ReCon convention is like.
In the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, it looked there were nearly every known retailer, restaurant and hotel chain on the planet were represented. In addition, there were a number of developers and financing companies on hand to talk with prospective clients.
One developer, Horne Properties Inc. was promoting the future development of The Commons on Towne, a commercial retail development planned just south of the Wal-Mart on South Towne Boulevard. Horne had a large photo of area it would like to develop at one of the front corners of its large booth promoting the Middletown site.
Although the region is coping with a tough economy and money is tight, you still have to wonder why retail development is struggling at this key interchange on Interstate 75 between Cincinnati and Dayton.
What do you think?
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By pk
May 20, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Did our city leaders advise anyone wishing to develope in our area that they would be coming to an industrial dump? Did they tell them about our lovely new coke plant?By VietVet
May 20, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
This activity by our city people is commendable. I wonder though if they aren’t putting the cart before the horse?? Shouldn’t the city devel. people be trying to bring higher paying jobs into town first-if jobs exist, money is present and if money is present, retail will develop on its own.IMO, bringing high paying jobs into town is much more important than the $7/hour retail jobs. This town is poor as it is without adding more poor paying retail jobs to the pot.