Today, I continue to document the transformation of the Collection at Chevy Chase shopping center in Friendship Heights. Once referred to as "the Rodeo Drive of Montgomery County," a moribund County economy and the flight of the ultra-wealthy to lower tax jurisdictions in the region have left it a barren row of vacant storefronts. Now a major makeover is designed to make the center a more attractive place to hang out with more-inviting public space.
Ignoring, for a moment, the idiotic theme of that paragraph, why not actually describe how the public space is being made-over to make it "more inviting"? Posting a dozen crappy photos on a Sunday morning when the shopping center is completely empty of both customers and construction workers does not provide any helpful context.
ReplyDeleteDyer's the only person dumb enough to point to a developer spending tens of millions of dollars as proof the area is "moribund."
ReplyDeleteMaybe a call to the developer to find out when they will be done with the plaza work. Or a report on which tenants left and which ones are hanging on.
ReplyDeleteIn which Bobbie D blames the MoCo DLC for statewide laws restricting sale of beer and wine at grocery, drug and convenience stores.
ReplyDelete...and claims that Hans Riemer's #WarOnTheNight has spread to Rockville chicken-wing restaurants.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who actually lives in that area can tell you that they un-gated the parking for the Giant. You'd figure Dyer would think this is worth reporting...
ReplyDeleteThis was in the Wikipedia article about White Flint Mall:
ReplyDelete"Landover Mall and Iverson Mall receiv[ed] the nickname 'Black Flint Mall', while alternately White Flint was dubbed the 'White Iverson Mall'."
LOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Flint_Mall#Later_years
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7:11: Who do you think is generating all the smoke in one of the photos above - homeless people? Action photos prove your comment is in error.
ReplyDeleteThat's not "smoke", dummy.
ReplyDeleteRobert,
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of misinformation in this and previous stories. I'd like to especially ask you to cease your misleading and inaccurate labeling of The Collection of Chevy Chase as "a barren row of vacant storefronts."
The Collection has been a remarkably successful venture for many years, but retail proprietors must be cognizant of the reality that you must constantly adapt to remain a step ahead, particularly in an age of evolving consumer tastes and shopping preferences.
The Chevy Chase Land Company voluntarily elected to discontinue their relationship with the existing tenants and remake the property to appeal to a broader audience of patrons with a greater selection of bespoke offerings. The Collection will serve the Friendship Heights MD/DC community for years to come.
Robert, you're such a fool. You keep repeating the same nonsense about this place in an ATTEMPT to advance your lame attacks on this county. The property is developing because there is MUCH ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN THAT AREA. You have failed basic real estate and economics principles in your multiple posts about this and other projects. I feel bad for the developer and I hope they sue you. Their financing and other effort and hard work doesn't deserve your dumb criticism and lazy typing. You don't produce anything but exaggerations and fast food reviews.
ReplyDelete1:29: There's so "much economic potential" that all of the high-end stores went out business? "I feel bad for the developer." LOL Have you picked up Hans Riemer's dry cleaning yet, MoCo cartel troll?
ReplyDelete11:22: That's exactly what my articles on the Collection have been about - the owner is indeed adapting to the downturn in the Montgomery County economy and the flight of their longtime wealthy patrons to lower-tax jurisdictions in the region.
The four shops that closed had moved to higher-tax Washington DC.
ReplyDelete2:23: D.C. is not higher-tax than MoCo. But they do have a booming economy. Again, this only proves my point.
ReplyDeleteRobert, you don't know enough about wealth to talk about it. The fact that certain stores are gone has nothing to do with rich people and everything to do with taste and trends. Rich people don't necessarily like to buy Jimmy Choo flip flops or Christian Dior stilettos. Rich people are rich because they don't buy that crap. Instead, those stores and many like them did well during bubbles and booms that burst when middle class people who wanted to appear ultra rich were shopping there. Times have changed and most people - RICH INCLUDED - are more interested in athletic apparel etc... You don't get it and you never will because you haven't participated in commerce and real estate. You're just a do-nothing complainer and always have been.
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ReplyDeleteGuess you've never been out to eat in DC...
"Africa begins at Western Avenue."
ReplyDelete-Robert Dyer
"D.C. is not higher-tax than MoCo."
ReplyDeleteDo you wake up in the morning and try to think of the most retarded thing possible to say? We live in the DC area. We all have common sense and google at our fingertips. Who are you trying to fool with your blatant lies?
11:07: MoCo is the highest-tax jurisdiction in the region - the question is, who are YOU trying to fool by claiming otherwise?
ReplyDelete5:21: And a man trolling my website day and night is a rich tycoon? LOL WRONG!!!! The whole point of high-end retail is that rich people never lose spending power, even during economic downturns. When such businesses fail, it means the rich are no longer there in large enough numbers to support the stores.
I haven't seen many track suits in Washington society photos recently.
6:15: We're talking about total tax burden, D.C. vs. Montgomery County.
Um. No. It means that no one shops at stores, not even your beloved rich people.
ReplyDeleteLet's hear from the tax people who read this website. I'll believe them over you any day of the week.
And let's hear from people who actually pay taxes. LOL
ReplyDeleteApparently Dyer has never heard of the concept of buying online rather than go to a store. Which is why so many stores are closing. smh.
ReplyDelete12:37/10:26: And this is why Jeff Bezos just opened a bricks and mortar Amazon Books in Bethesda? LOL #Oops
ReplyDeleteAmazon Books opening in Bethesda is proof that the rich are fleeing Montgomery County.
ReplyDelete6:44: You're wrong on both counts - first, the ultra-rich don't shop at Amazon Books. David Brooks would scream like Jacques Pepin in a college dining hall if he were reduced to the selection of tomes at Amazon Books. Second, you are dodging the fact that you just claimed no one shops in stores anymore because of Amazon - yet Amazon just opened a physical store!
ReplyDelete#Oops
6:44: So you are right in one respect, the opening of a bookstore that isn't targeted to the ultra-rich is indeed proof that the rich are fleeing Montgomery County. It's not Federal Realty or Chevy Chase Land Co.'s fault, it's the County Council's.
ReplyDeleteFuriously pedaling to keep your "rich are fleeing" narrative going.
ReplyDeleteA losing theory as you are using retail as your guide. Try another benchmark.
"David Brooks would scream like Jacques Pepin in a college dining hall if he were reduced to the selection of tomes at Amazon Books."
ReplyDelete#ArgleBargle