Comments on: Apartments, not condos for 3rd and Main

By: rg harding

rg harding — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:13:03 +0000

Condos would have brought in a more stable, settled type of people. Ones that would stay there and have real concerns about the upkeep of the condos / area(Springfield) because they would be actual residents of Springfield with a financial interest. They are always more desirable in an up and coming area – it helps to seed the area – especially, in a transitional environment. With apartments you get transitional people and depreciative properties – not really what a neighborhood renovating needs. Sad to hear!

By: Downtownparks

Downtownparks — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:40:55 +0000

They do have an agreement with Shands, but I dont know the details of the agreement (ie, can they rent out to others if units are open)

By: anitaly

anitaly — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:53:16 +0000

Someone may want to confirm this….I have heard that the apartments at third and Main will be rented by Shands or Shand patience that are being treated (and their families), and need a place to stay….not sure if there will be a certain number of units for Shands and the rest just rentals or???….but the first floor is supposed to be retail and that within itself is pleasant thought.

Did I spell everything right?!?!?!…LOL

By: Uturn

Uturn — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:41:16 +0000

But isn’t “barbed wire” a single article? I don’t know – I hated English. And why care? We’ll all be speaking Spanish before long anyway :D

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:56:22 +0000

So wouldn’t it be the words are barbed wire, not the word is barbed wire? ;)

By: Uturn

Uturn — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:39:36 +0000

I thought Barbwire was Pamela Anderson? Maybe that’s what Downtownparks is talking about :-D

By: Ingrid S.

Ingrid S. — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:59:22 +0000

The word is barbed wire not Barbwire or Bobwire.

By: Downtownparks

Downtownparks — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:41:25 +0000

Hey Hionedes, How about ANYTHING!

I like Macks comment from the Business meeting it was something to the effect of “would you mind taking down the Barbwire on Main St to make it look a little less like a prison camp”

By: Adam B

Adam B — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:36:49 +0000

I actually prefer this. I rent a house right around the corner, and I’d much rather have young people renting than 30 something yuppies buying these.

By: skimbro

skimbro — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:09:56 +0000

As long as the apartment building is well done, as this one apparently will be, I think it’s good for the ‘hood. Look at the precedent in Riverside. The apartments across the street from the new Publix were one of the first new things to be built over there. Once that got established and helped anchor the area, retail and restaurants in 5 Points and the Publix complex ticked up significantly. And now a luxury condo building is being built across the street. (Hey Hionedes, are you noticing the parallel here? How about that lot of yours across the street from Cesery’s?)