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C� <br />DeceEnber 3 , 1975 <br />�LRNNING REPOR7 <br />Cf;SF NU;�16ER: <br />AP€'L I CAf��': <br />LOCA�IO�f : <br />ACTIOIV R�QtI�STED: <br />PLANNIi�G COySIDERATIO�S: <br />� <br />944-75 <br />Bureau Investment Corporation, 995 1larr S�yke <br />Awenue, 5�;. Paul <br />Bett•leen Highway 3b Frantage Road and <br />Idest Perimeter Driv2 (see sEcetcn) <br />Divis�on of a Lot and Special Use Permit <br />l. The 8ureau Investment Co•rporation is the contract purchaser of <br />the former Red 4w� praper�y in;mediateiy 2ast of the Red �abster <br />. Restaurant iocation.. This sjte ��ras origi�aliy purchased by <br />the Red Otivl Corporation for the pur�oSe of eonstructing a supermarke�, <br />but has since beer� sold -�o �he Bureau Investment Corporation. <br />They currently oam 556.2 �eet of frontage on proper�y extend�ng <br />from 6�lest Peri r�eter Road to �he Frantage Road north af Hi gh��ay 36. <br />2_ At this point, <br />sell it ta the <br />construc-�ing a <br />is zoned B-1B <br />they propose �o divide the easter7y 135 feet and <br />Poppin' Fresh Pies oeaple for the ptarpos� of <br />50(1Q square foot res�aurant on the siie. The �roperty <br />which also requires a SpeCial use n�rmit �For a�proval <br />of the site plan for any develop�nent in the area. <br />3. t�e have exa�ined the site plan i� reiationshi� to its parking <br />capacity and confarmance to i�e require�ents of the B-18 Qistrict <br />and -Fi nd i t ta meet the regul at� ons , lie fi nd , hati�rever , tnat the <br />si�e szze and shape is unusually long and narro��r and requires <br />a considerable walking distance from the northerly portion to �he <br />restaurant located at the far southern ex�remity. As �ndicated by <br />the Pi 11 sbut�y peopl e, who own Poppi n' Fres h P� es , they ���ou� d <br />normally prerer a square site_ In f.his case, hoti�tever, the app�icant <br />proposes to sell the easterly strip ra�her than div�de the land <br />so as to uti 1 i ze ti�e frontage on botf� ends of the bl oc[c_ <br />4. Our pr�incinalconcern ��ith respect to this request is that having <br />established a successfui restaurant ti�re5t of tf�e proper-�y, that <br />the develapment of a Poppin' �resh Res�aurant on the eas� enci will <br />in our opi��on s�reiy attract a series of restaur�nts in bet►�ieen. <br />A general analysis of the currgnt econor�y as relates to office <br />buildings and ather cor�mercial demands in the area, would indicate <br />th� current mar[cei is strongest for the develapr�en� of restaurants <br />for the remainder of �he property -in question. '.•ie suggest, therefore, <br />that the elecis�an to apprave this development is really ane of Lrhether <br />or �ot ti�+e desire �o have a s�rip of franch�se restaurants in th� <br />area or not. 1�le da no� demean the value of a restaurant group, ale <br />realize that typicai franchise and o�her food outlets f�ind i-t. <br />highly desireable to be gro�ped in a specific area in a community. <br />irle endorse that concep� and have in fact proposecE it for o�her <br />reg�ona� center locations. <br />�� <br />