Retail space propping up condo boom

[bobliocatt]

Prospective buyers for the 30-story condos at Downtown Channelside are wooed by the sweeping views of a teeming downtown waterfront, the polished elegance of the granite countertops and the promise of a Sweetbay Supermarket at ground level. Hey, people moving into those 6,000 planned condos nearby gotta eat.

Full article:

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/03/Business..._propping.shtml

[Dale]

Prospective buyers for the 30-story condos at Downtown Channelside are wooed by the sweeping views of a teeming downtown waterfront, the polished elegance of the granite countertops and the promise of a Sweetbay Supermarket at ground level.  Hey, people moving into those 6,000 planned condos nearby gotta eat.

Full article:

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/03/Business..._propping.shtml

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Perused a recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article that attributed much of Met 3's selling success to the Whole Foods at the base. The project was one-third sold as of several weeks ago.