Vision For Vacancies: Inver Grove Heights
What's your vision for this space? Let us know in the comment stream below.
Vision for Vacancies is a weekly column that allows Inver Grove Heights residents to weigh in on what businesses they'd like to see come into the city.
Peter Francis
7:04 am on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Five Guys restaurant
Jeff Roberts
9:49 am on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
That's a great call, Peter. Five Guys is delicious!
Vikki Leigh Hancock
10:54 am on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A quilt/fabric shop!
Jeff Roberts
11:02 am on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
That sounds interesting, Vikki. Do you mean like a JoAnn's or Hancock's? Or something different?
Anita Buckner
12:51 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
I am with you. There are hardly any specialty shops here but that could be because the rent is too high for a store to start up. Especially a specialty store that will need to do so much advertising to let people know where they are. And a chain store...well that building doesn't look as though it is big enough for a Jo-Ann's or Micheal's. I would love to see one in Inver Grove though.
Danyell Lundell
12:16 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Anything besides a burger restaurant...like Olive Garden, Red lobster....ok, maybe a Texas roadhouse! Just something new! Igh needs more!
Jeff Roberts
12:18 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I've been hearing that a lot, Danyell. The building is in a great location for one of those restaurants to come in and make a splash.
Rosie
1:05 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
We definitely could use more non-fast food restaurants! Or even a Noodles & Co or Panera. I would like to see a Starbucks in that neighborhood, also.
M Ngo
2:51 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A Liquor store with whole sales price.
Al Tate
4:42 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Hooters!
Jeff Roberts
9:57 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Allow me to play Devil's Advocate for a moment. Hooters satisfies the community call for a place to have dinner (i.e., steak, chicken, pasta, hamburgers) and would also add to the economy of a budding town center. Would IGH be OK with Hooters moving into this space?
Anthony
11:14 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
What about a pool hall!? we have like no activities in igh
Anthony
11:16 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
or something like a Back To The 50's restaurant so cars could meet up!!
Jennifer Moynihan
6:42 am on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Any restaurant we don't already have in the area. Look at the restaurants in Minneapolis or northern suburbs, for example Dave and Busters.
Katie
7:18 am on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Chipotle
Al Tate
1:06 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
While I agree with restaurants like Chipolte, Panera, even Noodles or Starbucks, the reality is, if you drive 3-4 miles down South Robert Trail to Robert Street those restaurants are already in place. I doubt then those franchises would put another similar restaurant so close. Subway is the only restaurant that seems to build multiple within such close proximity. Red Lobster, Dave and Busters, Olive Garden would all be great. Anything that is new and different than what we have would be great.
Jeff Roberts
1:15 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
I think you raise a great point, Al. A relatively nice family sit-down restaurant might be just what the doctor ordered for that location.
Don
9:22 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
All of these restaruant ideas are good. I especially like the Olive Garden idea.
Ken Coy
10:49 am on Friday, March 30, 2012
Not sure what the square footage of this building (or replacement building) is, so it's hard to know if any of the chain restaurants mentioned would fit. If there is enough space, then Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Famous Dave's, On the Border, etc. would be a nice addition. If not, then having the building split up into smaller independent shops would be nice.
Jeff Roberts
12:58 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
You're right, Ken, it's tough to know without knowing the square footage. There seems to be a big community call for a sit-down family restaurant though. I wonder if we contacted, for example, Red Lobster or Olive Garden would they pay attention? Let me look into this.
Anthony
12:32 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
i could see a THORNE BROTHERS!