McDonald's by UNT shutting down?

[oldguystudent]

So seriously, other than a wider interstate, what are the plans for that area? Are we looking upscale retail district a la Westwood outside the entrance of UCLA?

What does an attractive facade to a university look like? I've really never considered it.

Outside UCLA, pretty much every college campus I've ever seen is immediately bordered by cheap food, cheap booze, and fly by night operations preying on the young and ignorant.

Does UNT have a say in what development happens in this area?

I'm not arguing for Sack N Save here at all. That is a done deal, and we'd be beating a severely decomposed horse corpse to bring up the topic again. I'm trying to look forward because all I've seen so far is that things are getting torn down. What's getting built in their places?

[UNT90]

So seriously, other than a wider interstate, what are the plans for that area? Are we looking upscale retail district a la Westwood outside the entrance of UCLA?

What does an attractive facade to a university look like? I've really never considered it.

Outside UCLA, pretty much every college campus I've ever seen is immediately bordered by cheap food, cheap booze, and fly by night operations preying on the young and ignorant.

Does UNT have a say in what development happens in this area?

I'm not arguing for Sack N Save here at all. That is a done deal, and we'd be beating a severely decomposed horse corpse to bring up the topic again. I'm trying to look forward because all I've seen so far is that things are getting torn down. What's getting built in their places?

I would image lots of mixed use development (a la Fry Street area) with upscale retail.

[oldguystudent]

I would image lots of mixed use development (a la Fry Street area) with upscale retail.

I think I actually do kinda like the residential units atop retail establishments of the new fry street except that were I a student, I bet I'd be priced out of there right quick by aggressive property management trying to jack up leases every five days. But with the development of Industrial, Hickory and Oak Street downtown, I have spent very little time on Fry Street since my previous experiences there tended to be 19 year old girls storming in the front doors, arms raised to the sky, screaming the mating call of "Let's do some MFing shooooots!"

[UNT90]

I think I actually do kinda like the residential units atop retail establishments of the new fry street except that were I a student, I bet I'd be priced out of there right quick by aggressive property management trying to jack up leases every five days. But with the development of Industrial, Hickory and Oak Street downtown, I have spent very little time on Fry Street since my previous experiences there tended to be 19 year old girls storming in the front doors, arms raised to the sky, screaming the mating call of "Let's do some MFing shooooots!"

I feel ya. The market is what the market is. If the Fry Street units aren't full, I doubt you see mixed use development along I35.

But I also bet that the Fry St units are full, because if they aren't, prices would come down until they were.

Also, take a drive around UTA and TCU and you will see these same type of developments. It's all the rage (and I like it for a multitude of reasons).

I never knew Fry St. was so much like our tailgate...

Edited January 7, 2015 by UNT90

[forevereagle]

we'd be beating a severely decomposed horse corpse to bring up the topic again.

Since when has that stopped us?

[Army of Dad]

Since when has that stopped us?

+1 in case I forget to hit that button when I'm not on my phone.

[oldguystudent]

Since when has that stopped us?

I really believe that Todd Dodge was about to turn the corner, right the ship, and fill the cupboards just in time for Ray to come home.

[forevereagle]

I really believe that Todd Dodge was about to turn the corner, right the ship, and fill the cupboards just in time for Ray to come home.

[Coffee and TV]

Has McDonald's closing held you back personally?

Well I certainly get backed up after eating McDonald's.

[Daddy Dumpsalot]

They're taking out most of its parking lot for sure. That's one of te reasons UNT scooped in on it when it did last year.

I thought UNT was buying the S&S?

[rws69]

Exxon and McDonald's will be razed for realigned frontage road. Sack 'n Save sign and much of parking lot will also go. Realigned frontage road at NT Blvd will be nice, as that has been a mess for years. Not sure where UNT is on getting permission to buy Sack 'n Save property for university use. I think IHOP stays. Only Exxon was there by the time I graduated, but Sack 'n Save was something else (Gibson's?).

[Occams Razor Ramon]

No one touch that IHOP. Good post-Fry St. times there.

[VideoEagle]

No one touch that IHOP. Good post-Fry St. times there.

Coffee in the middle of the night at IHOP got me thru several finals.

[TheWestie]

I feel so bad for our basketball players now. They got so screwed by this.

Not only do they have to play for Benford, but now they can't walk to Mickey D's after the game to drown their sadness in McNuggets.

[southsideguy]

i remember rolling into Denton for the first time from El Paso and could not check into Clark hall yet. Went to Mickey D's and admire those football helmet lights. My wife is lucky I could not buy them from Mickey D's because they would having over or dining room table.