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Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:51 pm to MorbidTheClown
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wonder who did the site survey for amazon and told them it was a good idea to build there?
Almost dead center of the parish, major highways leading in all four directions.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:55 pm to HeadSlash
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Almost dead center of the parish, major highways leading in all four directions.
It's a good location for this type of facility. The fact that the road infrastructure is already in place and decent.
It's not like this would be a place open to the general public where you'd have to worry about people avoiding the location. Hell, I worked for a tech company in Bon Marche mall until 9-10 years ago
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:59 pm to SeeeeK
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Dillards at the malls here have high line items, like coach, kohrs, polo, gucci,etc. There ain't shite for $10
This is a store in an old shuttered mall that sells discontinued items and what not. It's like a big TJ Maxx but they get their inventory from Dillard's stores I guess.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:59 pm to fallguy_1978
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It's a good location for this type of facility. The fact that the road infrastructure is already in place and decent.
It's not like this would be a place open to the general public where you'd have to worry about people avoiding the location. Hell, I worked for a tech company in Bon Marche mall until 9-10 years a
Location, location, location.
All the infrastructure is in place and it’s high and dry.
Parish ready to upgrade Airline too.
The Siegen site is more puzzling, but I’m guessing Rieger will connect to Pecue and then to 10.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:03 pm to doubleb
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Location, location, location.
All the infrastructure is in place and it’s high and dry.
It's just a question of how bad Amazon wants the location.
But still frick Dillards for making this complicated. Just take the money and leave and South Louisiana can have something nice going for them for once.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:08 pm to Sentrius
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One of the biggest problem with Louisiana is local officials seeing business as a piggy bank to shake down and until that mindset is eliminated, the state's economy will be one of the worst in the country and will keep Louisiana a backwater stat
We all like to crap on JBE and the state, for good reason, but it's the local idiots that do much more to screw things up, than the state officials do.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:12 pm to LSUFanHouston
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We all like to crap on JBE and the state, for good reason, but it's the local idiots that do much more to screw things up, than the state officials do.
JBE has the same mindset as those local officials.
He just happens to have a more powerful platform to do it to the largest private employer in the State of Louisiana, oil and gas, and that's what he's done for the last 4.5 years and will keep doing it all the way to 2023 even with the oil crash and price wars going on.
Elections have consequences.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:13 pm to HeadSlash
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Almost dead center of the parish, major highways leading in all four directions.
Not to mention that, given where Cortana sits in relation to that cloverleaf interchange, you can get in/out fairly easily without having to take left turns, especially with some upgrades to the mall loop and its cross roads.
Reiger, on the other hand, is a disaster.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:13 pm to HeadSlash
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Almost dead center of the parish, major highways leading in all four directions.
This is what amazon does, buys up derelict malls because they are almost always have easy access to major roads, good locations, and parking lots are already in place.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:16 pm to nicholastiger
I will freely admit that a significant number of my clothing items come from a Dillard's Clearance Center. It's a decently quality product at prices cheaper than WalMart. If you know how to watch their prices, you can get amazing prices. I, on the regular, get $10 dress slacks and $6 pull over dress shirts and $8 button up dress shirts from there. My kids often get entire outfits for $2-$3. And it's the same stuff that was selling for often 8-9x more, just 6 months ago.
I've only been to the one in Cortana a couple of times, so I can't speak to much of that one, but the locations in Slidell and Kenner do a pretty strong business, at least as far as numbers of customers. It's just an internal inventory liquidation system for them.
I would imagine they must think Amazon doesn't have any better options, and needs them more than they need Amazon.
It's not that big of a location. Does Amazon really need it? Couldn't they just tear down the mall and the other 4 anchors, with that huge parking lot, and just build the center right next to them?
Dillard's is actually using that facility, and it probably works for them financially. The others are all shut down and not bringing in any revenue. Obviously Dillard's is going to want more for their site. Amazon, I am sure, is low-balling them.
Hope they can get something worked out. If Amazon were smart, they would buy another building somewhere nearby (about to be a bunch for sale thanks to COVID) and offer to give Dillard's Cash plus new building plus moving/buildout costs.
I've only been to the one in Cortana a couple of times, so I can't speak to much of that one, but the locations in Slidell and Kenner do a pretty strong business, at least as far as numbers of customers. It's just an internal inventory liquidation system for them.
I would imagine they must think Amazon doesn't have any better options, and needs them more than they need Amazon.
It's not that big of a location. Does Amazon really need it? Couldn't they just tear down the mall and the other 4 anchors, with that huge parking lot, and just build the center right next to them?
Dillard's is actually using that facility, and it probably works for them financially. The others are all shut down and not bringing in any revenue. Obviously Dillard's is going to want more for their site. Amazon, I am sure, is low-balling them.
Hope they can get something worked out. If Amazon were smart, they would buy another building somewhere nearby (about to be a bunch for sale thanks to COVID) and offer to give Dillard's Cash plus new building plus moving/buildout costs.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:18 pm to kywildcatfanone
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This is what amazon does, buys up derelict malls because they are almost always have easy access to major roads, good locations, and parking lots are already in place.
This was a huge mall too. At the time it was built it was one of the largest in the South. And it sits right at the intersection of two of the more major highways in the city with easy access to the interstate and service roads already in place.
It would be a shame for some run down discount store to block the deal.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:18 pm to Sentrius
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JBE has the same mindset as those local officials.
Come now. JBE may want to tax TF out of them, but no one has suggested that he is asking companies for illegal kickbacks, which happens in every town / city in the state.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:24 pm to nicholastiger
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An area that needs revitalization is blowing a huge project because Dillard’s discount refuses to budge
Typical Baton Rouge
If I was Amazon, I'd divide my southern Louisiana shipping centers between Orange County, Texas and Hancock County, Mississippi. Just for the I-10 corridor.
Northern LA shipping could straddle 20 in Harrison County, TX and Warren County, MS.
Perhaps they could work some further deals out in St George once they can cut off the BR bleeding.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:33 pm to fallguy_1978
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The Amazon project would generate a lot of economic activity around there and potentially revitalize the whole area.
Then NBR can complain about gentrification.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:51 pm to LSUFanHouston
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If Amazon were smart, they would buy another building somewhere nearby
Dillard’s can have the old Sams that’s right there across the parking lot
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:53 pm to nicholastiger
I like that Dillard’s. I’ve gotten some really nice clothes for stupid low prices. I do think they should sell, though. I’m sure they could relocate. Amazon would be a good boost to Baton Rouge.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:53 pm to Aristo
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Then NBR can complain about gentrification.
So?
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:57 pm to SG_Geaux
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Traffic on Reiger in the afternoon and after a Bethany service is already insane.
The bulk of Amazon's traffic is in the middle of the night.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
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JBE may want to tax TF out of them, but no one has suggested that he is asking companies for illegal kickbacks, which happens in every town / city in the state.
Just because a tax has the force of law behind them doesn't make it any less a shakedown.
And he also refuses to discourage the legacy lawsuits against oil and gas and has even sent guidance to local parish governments that his trial lawyer pals will sue on their behalf even if they oppose such action.
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