He also understands that the block can't stay the same. "You got the dental school and the law school, and now they got the Starbucks and an eatery next door, and luxury condominiums just finished," he said. "You can't have development, then eyesores, then development.
"It's pretty much inevitable," he said of leaving. "What can I do?"
The bookstore would add to a flood of construction continuing on the west side.
A $40 million hotel, apartment and restaurant complex conceived by UMB is set to go up on the northwest corner of Eutaw and Fayette streets. The development will consist of a 140-room Marriott TownePlace Suites hotel, a parking garage, 90 market-rate apartments, a restaurant and retail space, according to preliminary plans.
And the city's long-stalled superblock project is moving forward after resolving all outstanding lawsuits, allowing the start of a development with 400 to 500 market-rate apartments and up to 250,000 square feet of shops and parking.
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