TripawdCorgi t1_ivsxw6x wrote on November 10, 2022 at 11:24 AM

There's no way they're going to make that property, with the riverfront views it has a grocery store, sadly. I'm sure it will be condos. Best chance we have is a grocery store on the bottom and a parking deck, and I would be okay with that.

CopOnTheRun t1_ivt5u1c wrote on November 10, 2022 at 12:49 PM

I visited a friend a couple years ago who lived in an apartment above a whole foods, the building's residents had their own private entrance to it. Since then I always thought it would be pretty awesome to live above a grocery store.

Tylerjb4 t1_ivu53e7 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:03 PM

I’ve seen same idea with wegmans in nova

CopOnTheRun t1_ivu605b wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Yup this was the whole foods in Pentagon city, you could see the Pentagon from the roof. People can say what they want about Nova, but I dig their grocery store apartment complexes.

Tylerjb4 t1_ivuftu8 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 6:12 PM

I would kill for them to put a wegmans in the diamond district

jbarrish OP t1_ivthbyw wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:23 PM

I think that's what Bruce mentioned. It NEEDS to happen and that's an ideal spot geographically. It's between Commerce and Cowardin so that offers easy access from north of the river. Semmes gives easy access to folks in Woodland Heights and Forest Hill and that's not counting all the thousands in Manchester and Blackwell desperately wanting one on Southside.

TripawdCorgi t1_ivu5mtz wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:07 PM

It should happen. So it probably won't. We don't get nice things.