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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-20-1991 Planning Packet.4 >*' i f'f -' imps^ ■4 CITY OF ORONO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE v\imj umWJ6u»-) I aixwiy 10^MEETING DATE -<?/.3/0/?/ PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION REQUESTED 3ELOW FOR OUR CITY RECORDS. «s: NAME (please print)ADDRESS NAME OR NUMBER PRESENT FOR (from’agenda) ■' ..■■••" 'Vr^' ■f- 'V' PUBLIC ATTENDANCE CITY OF ORONO MEETING DATE / PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BELOW FOR OUR CITY RECORDS. NAME (please print)ADDRESS NAME OR NUI4BER PRESENT FOR (from agenda) 3.A/ .V/. r->,n 'X<- Aa rlinker,. A/mrTU'i^reJu4 fiJ. f- i - U, - - r^ ’ r- <oti7.v ROAD S t:ii(w a ->t:i NCTL BTIN6 - Comments of residents in attendance. Review of written statements of concerned residents. of issues to be addressed by Planning Commission and as defined at the February 6th worksession of the Planning Commission. % ADJOR ^ !V-M'ksv■’mim \ Z'! y ... . r . ’ V, - ■ y -• ' ». -. > % i Iw,.:: •*■•■ . %"i 'Jud ri.. V. .•V mKF t • ' ^ . • • l_ A— r T'r- • » -«#' »•«» »»» * v:- ••:. «**rv« . ‘ \*‘ls • pQ.t Gison PofaH Maple Plaint Minnoscoa ozc,z'j .. > -^.r.-:?. - Ms . Jeanne Mabusth -- • • Tir--Buij-tiiiifl anci..Bc*ni*ii rtUiaiuiS»t.i'av.*.uii. Fta o 19^^ .ri8 cuy of orono 5*1 P.C. Bo\ 66 ^ • c ^ *a ^ P V \14 R o o o «. w ■ ' -ir Dear Ms. Mabvist.h: - ' *■ *r. - • 'T* » V- If ..w,f <k«-| t .• *1*^ I an ’..Titlr.ri in regard to the proposed H«y-12 south co^r-irtor option. 1 am a resident who lives close to the buce Line^ trail and see it as> a precious natural resource which wouii be a great loss to the people of tnis area if rt were ciioaen as a riwy.iii option. . . -v .scr-HiA.v - -jr. 4 T. * #• - 1 "-il'rt.;'- At a time when our state is spending millions on the ^ MegaMall and other over-sized office buildings I am in favor %<«r di .-■:,X >■*:'■• •/ -•t. ' • of'prf»«?erving some of the natural setting we need to eniov j, outdoor activities and the serenitr of nature. As a ' populace we need to think about the benefit and enjoyment of 4--^‘ i a bike ride, a tea 1 k, or a horseback ride down the trail and __ _ _ 1 . f-Ii;vi;^*4-,..wha a great amenity it is to our community. It is setting . I- --- -- " an example of keeping what means most to us in life and not ' troying for the sake of promoting high volume traffic- - “through o\»r neighborhood.#* We should utilize roadways already in existence as first and "r_:i:-r_.--t:ri:l--only choices since they already have -been grant#»d most of . f %V*- *1^ V I • « the necessary easementa and therefore^Baye the-taxpayers a '■►great-deal -of money rroWe ineed to .-prevent destruction-of-more-natural lands M:jrt -r>. i^VfC sliceVA rv* ^ — w — ^^ V t — j R«fcmld idlke«to vsee fthis *pro jeot;-rtbought^ut-*tnoroughWf»Ana^ 'Hv^^rgh"regard to our desrfe^o'pr^serve the natural --- ^eaiTiy^jD f ,.,our4.comauai ty •TFT'HfliPf 2/8/91 To: City of Orono Attention: Building and Zoning Administrate i The attached position reflects our family's viewpoint relative to the development of a freeway or expressway through Orono. You will not see us at many meetings due to the time challenges we face as a two-career couple with young children - however please don't take our absence as an endorsement for MNDOT to proceed. I"We continue to appreciate your receptivity to the views of the community as you develop an overall Orono position on this difficult issue. Best Regards, Stephen and Linda Whitman 3620 Eileen Street Orono 55359 h.::V ^ ' J i ^ V UM ’■jp ar>'. W''. ' ■ilifif »-----............. ORONO CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR HIGHWAY 12 We bcUeve: - Tlmt the development of a Freeway or E.Tpresswav through Ore resulting impact over time of increased trajSic, development press________________ impact violates the Orono Comprehensive Plan adopted by the City and the goals of the Metropolitan Council. cno is not acceptable. The ressures, and environmental — ^ ad(htion, most Orono residents value the Lake and rural community setting and wish to retain this. We did not move to this area to "burry up and get down town.” To maintain this we are wilhng to pay the price of a lower level of service and speed through Long Lake as long as safety concerns are dealt with. - That viable alternatives exist for “through ” traffic from the west, fneh as^ghway 55. Therefore, we urge: ~ Elected omcials and Hv^ 12 committees to uphold the Comprehensive Plan in e^^nm nni^tin g Orono 8 standards to MNDOT and all H’vy 12 representatives as soon as possible. Orono's Plan u® support development or transportation upgrades such as freeways or expresswavs. *see the following quotes from the Comprehensive Plan: THE BASIC GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS PRESERVATION: Preservatioa of our resources; preservation cf our distinct urban and rural Ufes^es; preservation of individual initiative and responsibility.’ “Orono baa two distinct personalities: the urbanized lakeshore and the rural woods and fields. The most significant resource, is of course, Lake Miimetorka with over 33% of its area and 40% of iti shoreline ,, , , . , 1® prcno....the rolling countryside is dotted with other li^es and mwsnlMds, creeks, wows and steep slopes... these amenities attract a type of resident whose desires are far dinerent from those attracted to the more crowded lakeshore.* "Open space is to be cherished and protected.* iwe densities consistent with environmental protection and the planned Ian “Ifrbaniiation wll not be e^anded into the existing rural areas. Orono’s Community Management Plan is nc* a staged growth plan and therefore the Urban Service Area will npi be expanded into the Rural Service .Area. Urban services will nilt be expanded into the Rural Service Area.^ ^ard decisions have been made to limit the extension of burdensome urban services into rural areas. Enforcement of these polides as ^ interrelat’d package has been consistent and effective. Through it all, tli average atizens have oeen soundly behind every such endeavor." 7^® system must reinforce the land use plan....providing sufficient capacity for t3*ipe between Orono’s residential neighborhoods and the commercial centers of Navarre and other lalm municipahties as well as the metropolitan area to the east of Orono, As a practical matter, means little or no need for expansion of smy highways or roads in the city in themcass m«e or no need for expansion of stay highways or roads in the city in the natu«....The planned rural densities do not require extensive public roadway systems nor can the^ rural densities support any type of mass transit system." — The City of Orono to work with neighboring corrmiunities such as Long Lake to work towards the above goals. home and land owners to seU their property. — •• v^; ■ • ■ :; ■^ViiS’ •■ • V i k^:>j. --u*.: ■.<!W 5.;. ^ S ir ■ - • ••• *Jk- • . • - • -:'. '0C 1®!?:■ «|9HQ^QMKpr^Qr P “1 ■;-’»saw""’': •' ■ »'--v * •.;V. 7v. L ,0‘ Loren V. Butterfield Greenhouses Wholesale Growers of Plants and Flowers 3925 Watcrwn Road niONH 473 9128 / r ./}. :jtk'c 1 AtLi^ 4~:^ ^JUtv •< I*1in ili^flfn »ii»^r j V >r:,ii»-r,- ■■*»* * f >: .■■. KV .V \ RICHARD AND AMELIA KROEGER 65 STUBBS BAY ROAD maple plain, MN 55359-9671 612/476-6126 t£3 February 13, 1991 City of Orono Highway 12 Corridor Planning Coian^ssion P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 Dear City Planners, since v/e will be on vacacion during the February 20 public information meeting, we want to express our concern relative to the pSLntial negative impact of routing the Highway 12 corridor on portions of the Luce Line Trail (South Bypass). We reside iust north of the proposed South Bypass and it is obvious clearly contributes to the greater physical health and spiritual wellbeing of all those who use it. yThank you sincerely, > Richard and Amelia Kroeger Printed on recycled paper A. i.. ! 1 Oe-=»r o rp.'^o __9 feb 18S1 iL 1^2 ^ rosiQtint Qt OroiiQ, I btrliBvt? th^t another east—west road »rorrldor thrcuqh Orono 13 ».»nn'^cee = ary. We alread'/ have coLinov roacjs 15 ano o* as well as hiQnway i^m wi uh sorne “creative'* ai cernaTii ves and sareuv ^nna flow i mDroveinencs on these three routes^ we should be anie to handle the projected proDlejns. There are loanv nerjative effects that would corne Lo Qur^ cominLUii cy if we ailcw a freeway/e;ipressway Liirouqn Or'orio or surrounding areas. 1. destruction of our rural atmosphere 2. adverse e-l^fects on the environment *wet lands. parftr, WOODSY pressures for commercial ^and land devei oonicnt s contrary to our cur-rent standards ; - Here are some ideas chat coEtld help with tiie tra-f + ic i^.nd take a'.“ay the need ror a freewav/“aMpressway. 1. encourage tnrougn trat+ic trom the west to use hioiiway 53 which i= already being cunsidei- ed ror- Lipgraaihg 2. arec^s o+ hignwav 12 could be made 5 or 4 lanes or add passing lanes highway 101 is due to be made 4 lanes all the wav to hwv. 55 in 1995 countv roads 19 and 92 are only two o-f a number o-f north-south routes that could help move tra-f + ic between hwys 12 and 55 4. Orono does have the oohion to stop the continuation ai 394. MnDot has stated many times that "no build" is a choice ■for any o-f us. We have an obligation to provide safe travel throuah Orono, but that does not have to mean tast travel. I and many o-f my neighbors inoveo out he^■e -for the ooen spaces, quiet, and the ability to enjov nature right out our doors. Orono s Comprehensive Plan, as adopted by the City ano r.ne Metropolitan Counci1, also believes in the importance ot these things. A nc -freeway/expresswav option is available to us. I would like to encourage vou to take a stand of preserving wnat we have by stopping 394. - 1 - S' * : ‘I *■ ■I lUla^Uri -rt IT I »»■. . " • ^ .4 RICHARD AND AMELIA KROEGER 65 STUBBS BAY ROAD MAPLE PLAIN, MN 55359-9671 612/476-6126 February 13, 1991 City of Orono ^ . . Highway 12 Corridor Planning Commission p.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 Dear City Planners, Since we will be on vacation during the February 20 information meeting, we want to 12 cor^^dor onpotential negative impact of routing the Highway 12 corridor on portions of the Luce Line Trail (South Bypass). reside iust north of the proposed South Bypass and it is obvious we ^erstUly would%re^ Ljor traffic elsewhere However our nirtirtr interest is in preserving the Luce Line Trail (not to Sede^oo^ptrk and th^ rurallike feel of the immediate Stubbs Bay areal We realize the planning commission cannot please all the vet are rewlsung thlt a priority emphasis be put on Saintaining the existing Luce Line '^”il - it is clearly contributes to the greater physical health and spiritu wellbeing of all those who use it. Thank you mmimmm SinCBiTQXy / y ^ ■^'cAeJ n4anri Amelia Kroeaer L/Richard and Amelia Kroeger •r 'f isei Printed on recycled paper m c V . .- -/i . . •, •• • f ... . •• • . i • • •• • • •* -^r • •*■ j •*,• •.*.• V - t . *• ;.V-: .•»! • • V • * • . . - .. • * * ‘ .1 • • •. * •. . • • * •• • • • ' :• . * • • . •• • « • • t. • • j 't I . 1 . ri; • . •. E>.\ pi V ^ • ■ Highway from <V> *' fr» ^ ..*3 - * 'Jk"' «. mW ‘.V.^ ■ •.. f7> * r.' V (/, 1^94 Is the most expensive pejeet of Its kind- end the most desisiotlve* B Y BRIO j. WIBfBERINQ PATTI SOSKIN opened her Golden Valley restaurants October 1989 to rave reviews and within weeks had attracted a devoted clientele —a smddcvoted clientele. To increase the number of people who might ventue onto Interstate 394 to sample her fare in the Colonnade building. Soskin began adverting on bdlboards. Ust suxnmer, she rented one on the highway near downtown MinneapokTmd Patti s, it implored. But it was too late. One month after the billboard weiup. on August 6. Patti s closed. conm.«, cu«, “W. ..nl ou. of bu.in.« b.c.0.. » 'he t. n. .ffom. "If. .0wuiiiiiiwii vawvvi the hiahwty," ihe ley*. "People weren't willina to put up with traffic hastles to try i new restaurant." At a price of S36.4 rniDion per mile, not includina the $120 million to be spent for three parking garages in downtown Minneapolis, the conversion of U.S. Highway 12 from a four-lane. ilow-moving commer* ci^ Strip into 11 miles of state-of-the-art f^way, stretching from Interstate 494 to downtown Minneap­ olis. is one of the most eipeniive highway construc­ tion projecti in Minnesota history. It has also been one of the most destructive, cutting a swath through an established business diatrict, most notably the ragment between state highways 169 and 100; laying waste to many businesses end property val­ uer. and generating a slew of litigation. Of the con- Bnu me ppvepawtt —----------- - ..I I actually » definitely hurt leasing efforts. It s an uphill baibto get people out there," he says. The Laoln Del, at the southwest corner of the in- iersectioif lOOand 394, has closed. The Ambassador Motel, tld)eri ne»t-door neighbor, and the Holiday Inn in Stltauts Park, located near the ) 69 interchange on the hj|wey, are now owned by their lenders. The SheratonMt Place hotel, south of the highway at Tumen Bonmads, averted foreclosure by renegoti­ ating thcMna of its mortgage. .Many until businesses hjvt cithnnoYtd or closed their doors. Properties for mIc havatagDiihed on the market. Most briMU owners and landlords agree that the new highag wti needed, but few would have guessed that the*rtruction would have such a devastatinguer. and ecnerating a slew of litigation. Of the con- that ine*rtnicnon wouio iw c » .m^iw L. M fi .lm«. on^founh (S90.» mmon) efte. has gone toward acquisition of land for the rud. but "We cA War Zone II. rays norpe. ^ -i —mmmmm f Wfl ilB IR C Oil IT, wc OM WBJ We —.............. - - of Thorpriirea. Commercial Real Estate, which has its officeiBaS Wtyuta Boulevard in St. Louis Park. nts gone cowirQ loquisHim w iw# e^^ " WU* ^'hJJingmrMriilTwrh^ Its officeM5 wayuta tsouievwo m ai. - - - inviluCsTransportation (MnDOTV Patti’s IS only one example of the carnage among the businesses once or presently located on the new 394. Soskin's former landlord, Trammell Crow Compeny, it now trying to deed the Colonnede office building in Golden Valley back to the lender, an action not totally the T>)lWrEST Chamber of Commerce and some larger buMSCl have begun a publicity campaign to counter ib peraepfion that 394 it a P«tking jot crowdedtfb heavy earth-moving machines. 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TiSlJIfllyltliS^^ 4*4J ’#»«in*J«ii. uitratcd wUh that ima|« bteiuit ifi not U8." lay* Karen Atkmion, acnng direc* -r of the TwinWeit Chamber. *Tm lure lete are a lot of people from the St. Paul «a Aho don't dare come over here." Of Mine, MnDOT'i advertiiemenii, wmch smed eoramuier: tc avoid the arec. idn’t help matieri. The sdi were pulled portly cfter they begiin in I^S6, after tr.e lOTOciwrM IT M«aa 1 uw Niuae chamber and ot'nen complained to the itate. Although traffic volume on the road hat returned to pre-ccnttruction laveit of 1985, buiineii hat not beeauie Highway 12 IS no longer tne same road. Wnit wai cnce t thriving commercial strip throcph a cer.sciy populated and heavily traveled are; i: now a freeway ccsigned to m.ove c o • people between the suburbs and down ­ town Minneapolis as quickly as possible- The grade hes been elevated or lowered at numerous iocetions, so businesses that were easily visible from the road are now partially or totally obscured. Eaty scces; from numercui cross streets .nat been re­ placed by a few diamond interchanges that, for seme businesses, are as muen as a rosarr tiroes iii'.vriOT* rf-mv" mite away. 'The whole road it going through a tr niitioniay» Whitney Peyton, a retail broker with Coldwell Ranker Commercial Croup. "People uied to drive along High* way 12 at 35 or 45 milei per hour. Now thnean^SS." Paul Klodt it one of the biggeit land* lordt along 394. Mia holdings include the Sheraton Perk Place hotel; two office buildings west of the hotel; a small retail center, Park Plaza, in front of the hotel: and the land under TCI Friday'i, which it jutt west of the Cooper theaters at $875 Waytata Boulevard (Wayzata Boulevard being the same at 394). and Fuddrucken. 8445 Wayzata. The state has taken tome land from each of those properties, iri* chiding 50 parking tpzcei from the hotel. Access to Klodft property hat been changed more times than he can count, and it will be permanently altered when construction it completed. Much of hit property, including the ho* tel and retail center, will no longer be visi­ ble from many parts of the new road, which will be about 22 feet lower than the old road. When the retaining walls went up. ICJodt’s tenantt began moving out of hit retail eenler. The hotel hat taken the biggest hit from the construction, Klodt says. Occupancy and average rates are down, as it butinett fr?m meetings and restaurant/har pa* tront. "Tire irurket it toft and thera are plenty of choices, so why wcuW someone want to put up with the haute of con* itniction,'* Klodt asks. To make up for the lots of parking tpacei, he will have to build a small ramp alongside the hotel. Klodt stopped making mortgage pay ­ ments and nffered to turn the hotel back to the lender. Traveler’s Insurance. It ehote to reitegotiate the terms instead. ‘Hhit it going to cost me millions and mil* lims ovor five years." Klodt says. Parwin DeRosier, one of the former partners in the Ambauador Motel, says occupancy at his property slid steadily from 68 percent in 1984 to 49 percent in early 1990 as construction moved doter. The real kick came in early 1988, when the state look tome of Our frontage and changed our acceti,” DeRoiitr ays. In 1989, Norwett began foreclosing on the property. It it now suing DeRosier and hit seven partners for $1.2 million in guarantees. Klodt and Norwest are just two of a number of property owners who are try ­ ing to recover damages from the state. ’Thorpe has an unsettled condemnation case, as do .MEPC American Properties. Prudential Insurance, Jim Lupient. Woodbridge Properties, Taco Bell, and dozens of others. Each has received a so­ bering introduction to what the state con­ siders to be "compeniabl# damages ’’ for taking a piece of land. ”The state," sayi Klodt, "has the most ridiculous laws for compensation." When the stale takes a full parcel, it must pay the owner the fair market value, a price that would have been acceptable to both a willing buyer and a willing teller. In a partial taking, the state might alto be liable for severance damages or damages to the remaining parcel. State statute says that for "any elimination of ezisting ac* cess, air. view, light, or other compensable property rights, the owner shall be com­ pensated for the loss by purchase or condemnation.” *rhat sounds simple enough, but the state, using court prteedent. applies a strict interpretation of that statute. For example, the state maintains that there's a difference between having a view and be­ ing seen. While the loss of a scenic view might hurt a property's market value, visi­ bility from the highway is not something to which businesses are entitled, says Sherry Entler, special assistant attorney general. "The right to be seen from the highway rdies on the assumption that you have a right to a constant flow of traf ­ fic," shf explains. "Obviously, It would be unreasonable to expect the state to guar ­ antee that." Brad Cunn, an attorney representing a number of landlords along 394, believes the state’s position it unreatonsbia. "Restsuranti and car dcalcrthipt, for example, depend on their identity and prominence for business," Cunn says. "When they lose that, they lose business." Even Leland Frankman. a land-use at ­ torney who has served as a court-ap ­ pointed commissioner to determine tak ­ ing awards, thinks loss of visibility should be a compenuble item. Temporary lost Of change of access, even if temporiry means one year or more, is not compensable either, Enzler says. Permanent change of access might be compensable, but only if the new ac ­ cess is deemed not reasonable or suitable In light of the property's use. In other words, she uys. "change of access for a fast-food restaurant would probably wc compensable, but it wouldn't be for an office building." Most significantly, in all of these cases a property owner must prove that the value of his or her remaining property has de­ clined IS a result of the partial taking, change in access, or loss of view. The catch? "It has to be a decline in the market viiue of the property, not the owner’s in­ come stream," Enxler says. $0 Thorp# Bros., which has had 18.000 SQUzre feet vacated in its office building since construction surrounded it, cannot be compensated for the loss in net operat­ ing income, even though real estate pro­ fessionals use NOI as the pnmary factor in determining a property’s value. "Thet vacancy Is costing me between $ 3,000 and $4,000 a dey," Thorpe says. Enzier says, however, thet because the markets for of­ fice and hotel space ere depressed throughout the Twin Cities, it’s impossi­ ble to pinpoint the reason for a tenant moving out. Most takings for 394 involve small frontage parcels. In some cases, owners have lost perking spaces. Nevertheless, the stite's limited interpretation of whet is a compensable damage explains the number of condemnation suits and the wide variations between the values placed on the same property by its owner and the stele. For ezemple, court-appointed eommis- aioners awarded Klodt $143,700 for a small parcel in front of the Fuddrucken r • • Coii»ni«t9 tvi»n«T %iiis*sijOTa SrS, |.„i U not *o«h mo« th.n ih^ "l " P^ „ , „m«y pt .«. & r, .he hoiel ptPpiTty.«-7'‘; ?"f'“ ” M„e .hen MO .uivey. *« SSrSIe wae««i "> •*•”* ^T.f"i"«l,e.».nedebog.50pe.- - ^ aaeAM*# flit.J9.000. "Thit won t «ven cosjr my >«* ^ conitruction H*d no notirt Kiodt MY»* ^ uu affect on theii buiincUe while 40pw* ,rd.in“b. I«. o; '«f rh. e.iwl of Tko Bell. W20 Beni buildlnl. »»• >oiddevard. werfl awanled S71.893. le«inf or tenant renewal* it his ly've appealed, leekina $175,0OT, an “Any tenant* that we ve loi Mtate layi the land i* not worth more jhe 394 aria." he say*, in $6,600. The owner* of the land un- percent of the bu»ine»*e» that r the Super 8 Motel. iu*t «•« ®f returned the chambertco Bell, were awarded $392,189. , walk-in or dnve-by cuttoTner ev'vt appealcti and aiked for Sl.J mil 5 dj^ j,y, ntaVe* the jS*;?S!Vt...h.* .P^^^^ iXesentative. "A ’oj -f. " foodbrklie Propertle*. which *aw ten- Banker’* Peyton e*timate» ,t* nee it* ^•0«i‘9Mre-foot buddini a idlVdall J201 Wayxaia Boulevard ^“”"8. . in percent decline in bu*ine*».Ridgeda “ ST' . •____• waiawaroco •ow.-w,-.............. ^Vcarrot being held out to e'** h«*l . but .1 le.« they'll «« »n.e com- ^ „„1 KctmmodM lit Con.ider.hly I... fonunMe before. But Peyton "?•-------.U-. ,..a .UM., I*. ,h.t ,..ion.l. djant'l «■ count for the change* in the road. ___ •The new road will force *hV*^* .. '"•c“Sc:5?’.™f:s.^Xi.r^h wey^n likely increaie $6 or $7 a *quare foot to $10 At tho*e price*, only hlghvdume hoj^ rice tt^er*, or reitaurant* eoj»W *® hk.^ r.«neral Mill*, for initanco. rtion. Con*iderably It*. fo«un^ be bu»ine**e* »‘^V"*%S*’ftJkin', re»L-urant andJerr^-dit * ^ k T Printing. Sudit had Jj®" ‘ tau Boulevard, near the Sheraton Ptoee. for eight year* and had man- to *uceeed through the wo»*t con- iion. But then retaining wall* went f*Jir llke^»«n*hody draped a cu^ over the building." Sudit *ay*. You een't be in retail withwt h a ^ Hr«Ak hit )ttl€ itul in t DC m will wm.ww, — )d a choice: Break h'* !•»»« r,--tower*, or re*taurama«w»<----- or go out of bu*ine*<. In the *pnn|, f Qoneral MilU. for in»ta^ “Jved near ‘ha Sn uco^ull^temptedtobuy th.C^ ind WavMta. He ha* freeway aap^ for ont of it* M.n, .nd he', cloter to o« •''h* g „ „„.ur.ntl A. for the Coo- Jdinterchenter-Heeltoheiele*- ™*o^™ 1.1,, .‘.Th.'. elo;|« .0 on. of Ih; S;«SZ"“.‘<^» Ae(or.h.Coo idinterchenterHeeltoheiele*- ™*o^™ eonplee. i» .nnounced do.in| lu. mote to do with the nnencul woei of ill owner. Cineple. Odeon Coipoiition, Sten the hithwey. The .he..« comp.ny ‘T." ™^o,k well « hiahwav but given the ttate of the T* 1 lonj time before W •*'- u|m) 0 tower*. ‘Tm talking real long term, like nd light now. not willing to jpeculaie on the future _ Thorpe Bro*. ha* been marketing t^« buildini* along 194. in addition to it* o^^m with little *uccc»». NVhen rell Sam Thorpe «-v*. it wa. at a .ubstan- ttil’di*count. Clark ha* been trying to sell the former Contemporary im idiacenl to the Colonnade for about a ’^'mere are no buyer* who holfl a *ite until the ‘>**77 >* fh«'U h,« ten.n.. in pUce ro *«t *ome income while carrying the lend. St^ng new tenant* to 194 now ^ ally lmpo**lblc. ha »y». tnd betting that exiiting tenant, will *tay in bu.me.* i* " Dlilonlnn.open«la 394. ju*t we*t of 169. in March. Paul lohnaon. regional on. *ay» ‘he company eapteted bu»me»* tehe *low for the fir»t couple of yA draw we*tbound traffic, but the Iw _ ealt for ea*tbound traffic ha* ^ ‘ duced bu.ine.* by 25 ny*. Neverthcle**. he add*. "^* ***^^ that thi* will be a g^ *P0‘ ‘® he » ** SoSk^and other* were unable to wait thaoi^^Sudit aapect* M* Printing to be around *hw pitted. And like mo*t bu*in«» Cnm along former Highwar 12- h« know* the road ‘"'P~''® J*"!.* ^"hey'd e*»ary. "1 lu*t wuh, he add*, thattn y liven more thought to the *mall-bu*»ne^ pfrton.** ^ ■ t O ■ft * ■ A g T ■ ^ ft ft A T