samagon Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Odd, I was thinking starbucks with a drivethrough, that's going to be hard not to make it look suburban. I'm sure they know their market and will do their best to fit in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Odd, I was thinking starbucks with a drivethrough, that's going to be hard not to make it look suburban. I'm sure they know their market and will do their best to fit in.On the site plan it looks like there is a drivethrough on the back and left side of the starbucks...But its a bit hard to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 11/17/12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Looks like a Starbucks, Potbelly, Torchy's Tacos, and a Petco....where the pets go.... http://www.capitalre...ana_mcgowen.pdf Ugh. Thats like 80% concrete lot/20% building Fail. Sigh...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyM Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Another Starbucks?! Good god there's one at Randall's and one at Gray and Smith, how many do we need within a 1/2 mile radius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Another Starbucks?! Good god there's one at Randall's and one at Gray and Smith, how many do we need within a 1/2 mile radius?The #1 complaint from Starbucks customers is that there are not enough Starbucks stores close by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Starbucks wanted a drive thru store in Midtown. Initially, they considered a drive thru only store but obviously that changed. The other Starbucks in the general vicinity do not have drive thru's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Of course there going to have drive thru in this suburban shopping center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Another Starbucks?! Good god there's one at Randall's and one at Gray and Smith, how many do we need within a 1/2 mile radius?If it were up to Starbucks executives, every store in the world would be a Starbucks, so to answer your question, how many storefronts/retail spaces are there in that half mile radius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrodiii Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Not a big fan of this... 50 percent of the block is surface lot. I guess it's better than what was there before but in reality it just appears to be a suburban strip mall...Kind of like the one that houses Charivari, Dog House, Ponzo's, et al.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 If it were up to Starbucks executives, every store in the world would be a Starbucks, so to answer your question, how many storefronts/retail spaces are there in that half mile radius?I don't really agree with your statement. No company wants to cannibalize their own establishment. Too much can be a bad thing and can certainly hurt company profits. Each store is strategically placed in a manner to not cannibalize others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I don't really agree with your statement. No company wants to cannibalize their own establishment. Too much can be a bad thing and can certainly hurt company profits. Each store is strategically placed in a manner to not cannibalize others.Your sarcasm detector must be broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The #1 complaint from Starbucks customers is that there are not enough Starbucks stores close by.Not to worry! They just announced they are opening another 1500 US locations.NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp plans to increase the number of its cafes in the Americas by more than 20 percent by opening more than 3,000 new shops there in the next five years as it looks to rely on tea and juice as much as coffee, it said on Wednesday.When Starbucks' fiscal year ended on September 30, the company had 18,066 shops around the world, with just over 12,900 in the Americas. The United States dominates that region and will get more than half of the 3,000 planned new stores that the company announced on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 That's really great news, I was thinking to myself on my drive into work this morning that we needed more high priced coffee chain outlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rci2145 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 There are three Starbucks on the corner of Gray and Shepherd. Not enough I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Didn't they shut down a lot of stores a few years ago ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 There are three Starbucks on the corner of Gray and Shepherd. Not enough I say! Its the end of the universe http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDcQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailyshow.com%2Fwatch%2Fwed-october-24-2001%2Fend-of-the-universe&ei=zxzBULjiLI-oqwGXjYCQCA&usg=AFQjCNEpw69NrlMuoTOVaSeiYb-LnBRBAQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 There are three Starbucks on the corner of Gray and Shepherd. Not enough I say!The one inside B&N is not a Starbucks, they do however "proudly serve" the same activated charcoal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Z Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 When I look at capital's website, it says:  Louisiana and McGowen New 14,500 SF Retail Building in the Heart of Midtown. Join Starbucks, PotBelly and Chipotle I assume the Torchy's orginally proposed for this area went to Rice Village??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 The PDF now shows Chipotle proposed instead of Torchy's. I hate both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 The one inside B&N is not a Starbucks, they do however "proudly serve" the same activated charcoal. Does it really matter which faceless corporation is running the Starbucks operation? They're all Starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 This just got personal C H I P O T L E - now so much closer this is bad... real bad for my waistline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) The employees at Startbucks stated a PetCo was coming in too. This should be good for Midtown even though the development is suburban. Edited March 25, 2013 by DrLan34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Yea, I've seen surburban style developments somehow fit in well with more denser multi-use developments. This would be a great addition for his area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Z Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 The employees at Startbucks stated a PetCo was coming in too. This should be good for Midtown even though the development is suburban.  Petco was on the original proposal list, but looks like they took it off and added a spa instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Petco was on the original proposal list, but looks like they took it off and added a spa instead.  you're right... latest flyer shows: 1. Starbucks2. Potbelly3. Total Nutrition4. Mattress Firm5. Massage Heights6. Chipotle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Darn, I wanted petco so I could walk over and play with puppies and kittens on demand!you're right... latest flyer shows: 1. Starbucks2. Potbelly3. Total Nutrition4. Mattress Firm5. Massage Heights6. Chipotle  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rci2145 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Man, I can't believe Petco backed out. Midtown needs a pet store badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) you're right... latest flyer shows: 1. Starbucks2. Potbelly3. Total Nutrition4. Mattress Firm5. Massage Heights6. Chipotle This is the biggest tragedy of suburban lifestyle inside the loop since they built a walmart near the heights. Edited March 28, 2013 by samagon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 This is the biggest tragedy of suburban lifestyle inside the loop since they built a walmart near the heights.This is going to come of as trolling, but it's a serious question, because this kind of comment always fascinates me. I think I understand your comments related to Chipotle and Starbucks because they're big corporations, they have a lot of locations and aren't unique to the area. But when in a companies' growth does that happen?Did Chipotle become bad when they took McDonalds money to finance their growth or was it before that (they had already expanded to 16 locations when that happened). Would you feel differently if Freebirds (80 locations, headquartered in California and growing) went into that space? What about Mission Burrito (4 locations and local)? What if an entrepreneur/chef who was trained at the Culinary Institute of America opened a fast, casual restaurant that was committed to sustainable agriculture (description of the first Chipotle Location opened by current chairman and CEO Steve Ellis)?I'm all in favor of supporting local restaurants and entrepreneurs and hopefully some of our locals will win the lottery, like Steve Ellis did. If you don't like Starbucks and Chipotle, don't patronize them, but a "tragedy"? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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