Trinity Triangle Development Showing Signs of Life
Decatur Metro | January 24, 2013At Tuesday’s Decatur city commisison meeting, there was a brief conversation about the Trinity Triangle project (think the Dairy Queen and the accompanying rubble-y parking area), which has been on hold since the housing market tanked in 2008.
The conversation between Mayor Baskett, City Manager Merriss and Planning Director Amanda Thompson was a bit vague, so I followed up with Ms. Thompson and she clarified things.
I don’t have a date on when the project will break ground, but the site plan has been updated to incorporate the Dairy Queen in a newly built space as part of the overall building. The last adopted plan still kept Dairy Queen as a separate building. The total number of dwelling units, building height, garage location, entrances etc. have not changed so they do not need to go through a public hearing process again for this plan. They are still under the zoning ordinance adopted in 2009.
So in short, there’s no date yet on a ground-breaking, but the city has received an updated site plan, so that may be a sign of things to come.
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Oh, please let the DQ have a drive-thru!!!!!!
Are you a poet and don’t know it?
That would be helpful for the DQ addicts in my household. Especially if they added gelato for me.
+10 (Would be +1,000 if not for acknowledging I have virtually no self-control about it)
would love to see a “flatiron building” at the corner with some height to it.
Perhaps Trader Joe’s could take space in the bottom of the building!!??!! I did hear that LA Fitness wants to get in Decatur.
I thought LA Fitness was rumored to be opening in Suburban Plaza.
I’ve heard the LA Fitness to Suburban Plaza rumor too. ++for Trader Joe’s – wish that had gone where Wal-Mart’s going in.
I’m not going to lie – I have a few things I really like at Trader Joe’s but if you examine the sourcing of their products they are neck & neck with Wal Mart. I am very anti-WalMart because of their busniess practices including low wages, lack of benefits and their greed. They come in an over run all the mom & pops so that they can spread their made in China crap all over the place. I just think Trader Joe’s is WalMart in a smaller box.
Yeah – Everyone should be enlightened enough to pay 50% more for fair trade, organic, locally sourced products.
Doesn’t it just stink when people have the option to buy things they value at a lower price? Screw the poor if they want to stretch their dollar with low cost products.