Nordstrom
Jcrew Factory
Full Line Gap (Baby, Kids, Adult, Maternity)
The Village is going to waste. Lets bring back retail!!

I think we need a hair salon or coffee shop.

Pottery Barn Outlet, American Girl, Apple Store

The Village Association is doing a great job!

Target!

Gap is a great suggestion!! Definitely retail!!

Someplace with live entertainment. Get the Cotton family involved to do something like what they're doing in the Park.
Whatever is decided, please do NOT make it a medical center, i.e., Beaumont offices in the Village.

An Apple Store makes complete sense -- Target or Kohl's do not. It is the Village -- not an ordinary mall. A store like LL Bean might do well.

We need a Plum Market in GP. Michigan based and it blows away Whole Foods!

ANYTHING RETAIL- Jcrew, Gap (we miss u) Banana Republic, LL Bean - Clothing stores would be great!!!!!!

In the old Borders spot. Anthropology. We have enough hair salons to do all the hair in Michigan.

Anthropology would be great, as would Nordstrom Rack! No quick stop hair salons and get rid of T-Mobile. There are no cell towers in GP!

Anthropologie! In fact, I emailed them about the empty space back when borders closed. Think they ignored me. :)

We already have a Trader Joe's and a Kroger in the Village. Farms Fresh market and Village Market are not far away. How many grocers do you need on one block? Also to note, Whole Foods is opening in Detroit in the Spring and most likely won't open in GP because of the population numbers that they need to reach.

Places that will appeal to TEENS, but also other ages too. Teens get a bad rep for (occasional) "rowdiness", however, THEY SPEND $$!! Having recently moved back to GP from suburban OH, here's the types of places that are (very) popular with teens in other areas: *INEXPENSIVE* places they can hang out after games/school, on weekends, meet for lunch/dinner, etc: BW3's (Buffalo Wild Wings), "fancy cupcake" places, Culvers, pizza &/or burger places with seating, Chipotle, Subway, "create-your-own frozen yogurt" (ie Orange Leaf), Rita's (popular on East Coast!), "soft-serve" ice cream places (i.e. only open in summer), **movie theater** (2-3 screens?), Red Robin, etc. If ppl are worried about possible rowdiness, hire an extra cop to patrol the Village on weekends (with all the extra $ being brought in cuz it's a popular spot then). A couple teen-clothing stores (i.e. like at Partridge Creek/Somerset), **inc a school "spirit-wear" store** (offering items for local schools, ie South, North, Liggett, Academy, UD, etc; maybe even middle & elem schools?) (if the schools would let them). Expands on what may be offered at the schools.

Jersey Mike's Subs, Von Maur (in the Ace and Border's space), hamburger joint, Athleta,

Vineyard Vines and J.Crew.

Also, maybe a store like Sports on the Hill (circa early 1990s) that sells nice-looking Grosse Pointe apparel.

A Buffalo Wild Wings would be great, but really, any BAR would be great. Something like The Hill. See how well Village Grille is doing? See how City Kitchen expanded? Bring in restaurants with bars, along with retail stores, and a vibrant community will follow.

No more banks, coffee shops, or bread stores.

Teavana, Williams Sonoma, Cost Plus World Market, Urban Outfitters, Gap Body, Sweet Earth Frozen Yogurt (local owned and blows TCBY out of the water), Parisian or Nordstroms like in the days of Jacobsons. A brewery, Mr. B's, or something with a little night life.

Many people have mentioned that it would be wonderful to have a small scale, or "boutique" hotel, or even something like a Homewood Suites. I am thinking of the Borders/Ace block, perhaps two floors. There is no place in GP for family/visitors to stay for weddings, family events etc, everyone needs to go to Roseville, or downtown.

I'd love to see an arthouse movie theatre - like Maple Art. I hate to drive so far to see a small independent or foreign film. I would think the demographics of GP would support it.

Indie movie house (like a Landmark), Anthropologie would be so great, Urban Outfitters, a good sports bar or gastropub, Lush or other beauty shop, moderately-priced independent retail....shoes, accessories...I hate having to drive to Oakland County for national retail or to Detroit for fun independent retail (although I love the D!). We can't have it all in such a small community, but some diversity would be nice. We have some really great independent retail and smaller eateries on Mack, but the lack of walkability makes it tough (I'm an avid runner, but most of us usually just drive up and down Mack. We aren't parking and exploring). You can cover the entire Village/Hill on foot easily and it has that downtown feel that creates community. Love all the development that is going on in the Park.

small version of the luxury hotel The Townsend (in birmingham).
Cut the red tape and get it done.

Boutique hotel, like a Kimpton or a Townsend, would be fantastic.

H&M, Noodles and co, Chipotle!
NO to Whole Foods & an organic market. We have enough markets!!

Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel!!!!!!! (Did I mention that enough?)

Look at it this way: our demographic 'circle' consists of slice of GP, water, and ghetto. No national chain is going to want to locate here. The Hill has as a patron Gretchen Valade; the Park has the Cotton family, and GPC has Beaumont.....guess what you're going to get...

I am all for the Apple Store. We sure need one on the East Side.

A bowling alley in the empty Ace and Border's space.Great family activity.Keep the kids in the area with a wholesome activity.Leagues would bring activity in the evening. Leagues would also bring a stable and reputable group of people to spend,and patronize the rest of the village.

An Apple Store, Ralph Lauren/ Polo Shop (Men's, Women's, Children and Home), Michael Kors, boutique hotel, such as Kimpton, or the Townsend, Chipotle, William Sonoma, Athleta, Orvis, Restoration Hardware, Crate and Barrel, Burberry Outlet, Baker Furniture. Please...no more ice cream, bagels, bread, jewelry or hair salons. Think healthy living and active lifestyles.

Sounds like the city needs to compromise more in order to make the spaces more appealing to vendors. Our issue is not a lack of ideas... it's that no one worth-while wants to come, or the city doesn't like the idea of a certain store, hotel, vendor, etc. The city needs to relax and be more willing to put in the hard work and sacrifices in order to make the village thrive again.

It sounds like it's a landlord issue as much as anything else. Many of the great businesses that were there already have folded (Burger Pointe) or moved to Mack (Bellisima) for less expensive rent. They know foot traffic is lower on Mack than in the Village, yet they're willing to take the risk. It must be worth it. How do we get landlords to work with the city, form a downtown development authority type of arrangement and put together a strategic plan/vision? Just waiting for everything to come together organically doesn't seem to be working. Sure hope we figure it out though, the Village is such a great location.

The City needs to revamp their parking policy. Most of my friends have stopped shopping in the Village because of the tenacity in which they write tickets. Most men do not carry change for parking meters and many women just loose track of time and who needs that headache when there are other places to shop without meters. I would think that the merchants would recognize the negative impact that the parking meters have on business.

There was a national study some years ago that found most city parking enforcement policies were breakeven at best. By the time you provide vehicles and personnel for enforcement, the same for collecting money from meters a city of less than 75,000 will lose money most of the time. I guess that begs the question, is it worth the time, effort, and money to have an adverse effect on the Village businesses.

Jungle Java's !!! Would go there more often if not on Hall Road. Hate driving there. And good for toddlers to teens. Great parties.
We sure could use a bed & breakfast type of temp housing. Boutique Hotel?

Sure miss Jacobsons. Any chance for a general clothing store?

Tim Prophit makes a good point above, when retail excecs are looking at locations on a map from their office in NYC, Chicago or wherever, they see great demographics & income in GP but then they see a lake on one side and ghetto on 2 others but the fact is GP DOES support their retailers and would do more if given the chance. I was talking to the salespeople at Gymoboree, they agree that their store is ridiculously small for the business they do but they were told they have to gross $1million+ to justify a bigger location. They said they practically do a million now and would do much more than that given the space.

I think the Village needs to be proactive and target specific retailers and make the case to them for locating there. That and it sounds like they need be realistic about rent, I don't understand the mentality of a landlord that justifies a higher rent while their location sits empty vs a lower rent and a store that's actually occupied & thriving.

I am getting in here late, sorry. Love all of the above. Yea retail, for sure.
How about a good deli? Not just subs! Trying to get one out here in Rochester.
Hotel, yes and nite spots. Stop rolling up the streets at night GP!

Good luck Village!

RK

A few Tanger Outlets would be nice (retail clothing). Also, an e-magine theater in that block would be amazing. There are so many opportunities available. However, the City Council or the officials that run "The Village" are clearly close-minded and giving businesses and entrepeneurs the cold shoulder; that's why Kercheval in the Park is being built up and The Village is not.

How about a shooting range for all the Bushmasters, AK-47s and Uzis the NRA says we have to own?

Does anyone know if Trader Joe's is pulling up stakes? Hearing things...

Replace Panera and Brueggers with Zingerman's or better still: a Zingerman's Bookstore Cafe.