Yay! I’m so excited about this!

Agreed. The thing that will help our local businesses to prosper is to increase the density of people.

And what’s the argument for not building a larger structure? I understand it costs more, but how can it possibly not be a good return on investment if you can get a couple of floors of rental apartments or office space? I wonder if there’s a zoning issue.

According to the LaKritz-Alder website (the real estate investors responsible for this site) they still show a single story CVS. They also tout that the site was an environmentally-contaminated gas station and that they “negotiated environmental case closure with the regulatory authorities” before signing a lease with CVS.

After visiting another city over the weekend, and remembering other cities I have lived in, DC is so depressing. No neighborhoods with funky, interesting, home grown diversity of retail. DC, maybe because it’s the seat of the federal government, or been so poorly mismanaged over the years, or transient, or expensive, or something, just doesn’t seem to do things right.

I have no major issues with CVS, but I truly regret that this undeveloped, nearly noncontiguous tparcel of land is being dedicated for this purpose, especially when there are som many existing, underutilized and vacant storfronts in that area that could be fitted for a CVS. This little triangle of land could have been something special as greenspace or some other implement that would foster a greater sense of place and pride in this community.