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Main Street Trend May be Overdone

MINNEAPOLIS-Welsh Cos.' Chris Simmons argues that the trend to recreate Main Street in the suburbs may be a lot more difficult to achieve success than anticipated.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on December 23, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS-Too many cities are looking at the success of the Arbor Lakes project in Maple Grove, developed by Opus Corp., and want to mirror the concept in their own communities.

That’s according to Chris Simmons, a retail broker with Welsh Cos., an Eden Prairie-based commercial real estate firm, who spoke at a recent commercial real estate forecast sponsored by the Minnesota-South Dakota chapter of the Certified Commercial Investment Members.

“What city planners and politicians are missing is that the Main Street in Maple Grove is surrounded by millions of square feet of department stores, discount department stores, home improvement chains, grocery stores, health clubs and city offices and three major freeways, all of which draw people from a large geographic area to do their shopping,” Simmons said.

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