Comments on: Piser Funeral Home site sold, retail development planned

By: Florence

Florence — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:15:00 +0000

What a shame. So far Osterman has done a good job on business development but this owner could set Edgewater back. This is prime property and should have a Class A developer. Every time we walk past this future dump we can thank LBRC for crapping up Broadway. Maybe if we withhold TIF funds he will pull out?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:57:00 +0000

Why are they building retail with all the empty storefronts in their other strip mall?

By: M Roper

M Roper — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:47:00 +0000

Trader Joe’s grows their company slowly and deliberately. They like a lot of space between locations. I doubt that they will ever come. I’d rather see an independent quality grocer anyway. Or more I’d like a 24 hour Kinkos. A lot of local people have home based businesses and have to go down to Southport for oversized printing and other needs.

By: Mark McCormick

Mark McCormick — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:54:00 +0000

I agree. Their current strip mall is an eyesore. Now we will have it on both sides of the street.

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By: Frankie

Frankie — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:01:00 +0000

This is really depressing, Chody are slumlords and we can now look forward to another depressing strip mall…adjacent to public transportation no less. It’s a shame Lakewood Balmoral NIMBYs had so much power in killing the original proposal for this site.

By: Van DeLisle

Van DeLisle — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:41:00 +0000

I’d love to see Trader Joe’s in Edgewater or Rogers Park too, but since they are opening a store now in Evanston very soon (one block north of the South Evanston Whole Foods), I guess it’s no surprise they’re not rushing in anywhere nearby. But I agree, I think the demand would be HUGE in Edgewater.

By: AlbertEllenich

AlbertEllenich — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:41:00 +0000

Such a shame considering the traffic they’d get. And it would hopefully drive another reputable business to take over the beautiful vacant space on the NW corner of Foster/Broadway.

By: Jim Olson

Jim Olson — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:57:00 +0000

Why doesn’t Trader Joe’s want to be on this part of Broadway? There’s a lot of demand. We’d love it if they were here.