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Independence, MO —
A few days ago the retail expert in my family took me for a drive around the Adams Dairy Landing retail development in Blue Springs right off of Interstate 70 at, yes, a road named Adams Dairy Parkway.
While we did not stop to shop (sorry, Mayor Ross, we left no money behind), the family retail expert was impressed with the synergy of the nearby Wal-Mart & Home Depot to the various stores and restaurants now open at the actual retail development site formally known as Adams Dairy Parkway.
This retail development site was officially blessed by the city of Blue Springs in March 2007 when the City Council approved the formal TIF agreement setting the development into motion. Since that time several national retail clothing stores have opened, including Kohl’s, Gap, Gordmans and recently a TJ Maxx/Home Goods, while a Ross Dress for Less is now being built. A Target appears to be the mainstay of the site (at least to the untrained eye, it was the biggest store there).
The development also has several specialty stores like a Maurices, Michaels and Charming Charlie. Also included are several chain restaurants and the website claims that there are 25 businesses open or opening soon. Pretty impressive for the 65-acre site.
While the retail development site started before the world economy took a nosedive (most folks label late 2007 through the middle of 2008 as the front end of the world economic recession), Adams Dairy Landing has held its own with two to three business openings each year through the bad times. If an announced business dropped from consideration, a replacement was soon located to fill the specific site.
The goal of a retail site with 600,000 square feet of shopping and restaurant space appears to be very close to being completed (at least there did not appear to be many pad sites left open).
The Adams Dairy Landing retail development site has been a project of both the city of Blue Springs and RED Development, a national site development company. According to the RED Development website, they have many retail sites around the nation for which they are responsible in attracting retail stores and restaurants. Like all the major retail development firms, they have their wins as well as their failures; Adams Dairy Landing would appear to be in the win category.
So what makes a successful retail development? I am not sure that I am qualified to answer that question, but it does appear that based on the phenomenal success of Adams Dairy Landing, that success can occur in Eastern Jackson County despite the world economy.
Maybe the announcement of a Menards building at the Bass Pro site would start the momentum to fill up that retail development site?
A few days ago the retail expert in my family took me for a drive around the Adams Dairy Landing retail development in Blue Springs right off of Interstate 70 at, yes, a road named Adams Dairy Parkway.
While we did not stop to shop (sorry, Mayor Ross, we left no money behind), the family retail expert was impressed with the synergy of the nearby Wal-Mart & Home Depot to the various stores and restaurants now open at the actual retail development site formally known as Adams Dairy Parkway.
This retail development site was officially blessed by the city of Blue Springs in March 2007 when the City Council approved the formal TIF agreement setting the development into motion. Since that time several national retail clothing stores have opened, including Kohl’s, Gap, Gordmans and recently a TJ Maxx/Home Goods, while a Ross Dress for Less is now being built. A Target appears to be the mainstay of the site (at least to the untrained eye, it was the biggest store there).
The development also has several specialty stores like a Maurices, Michaels and Charming Charlie. Also included are several chain restaurants and the website claims that there are 25 businesses open or opening soon. Pretty impressive for the 65-acre site.
While the retail development site started before the world economy took a nosedive (most folks label late 2007 through the middle of 2008 as the front end of the world economic recession), Adams Dairy Landing has held its own with two to three business openings each year through the bad times. If an announced business dropped from consideration, a replacement was soon located to fill the specific site.
The goal of a retail site with 600,000 square feet of shopping and restaurant space appears to be very close to being completed (at least there did not appear to be many pad sites left open).
The Adams Dairy Landing retail development site has been a project of both the city of Blue Springs and RED Development, a national site development company. According to the RED Development website, they have many retail sites around the nation for which they are responsible in attracting retail stores and restaurants. Like all the major retail development firms, they have their wins as well as their failures; Adams Dairy Landing would appear to be in the win category.
So what makes a successful retail development? I am not sure that I am qualified to answer that question, but it does appear that based on the phenomenal success of Adams Dairy Landing, that success can occur in Eastern Jackson County despite the world economy.
Maybe the announcement of a Menards building at the Bass Pro site would start the momentum to fill up that retail development site?
