A consultant tells KC that big retail could save Citadel Plaza
In the retail industry, there’s an old adage that “retail follows rooftops.”
Which means: Retail stores such as Walmart and Target open in places where people already live, and where they expect those with good earning prospects to move in the future.
But a consultant hired by Kansas City, Missouri, seems to buck that analysis, suggesting that the blighted corner of 63rd Street and Prospect is ripe for four or five big-box retail stores.
It makes you wonder whether Philip Boname, president of Vancouver-based Urbanics Consultants, has read about the history of the old Citadel Plaza site. Has he even read his own study?
