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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –April 9, 2010 <br /> <br />remonstrance that were written addressed <br />publicaly and he said they were. <br /> <br />Mr. Chris Davey <br />: Grubb and Ellis, Cressy & <br />Everett. I’d like to give some perspective <br />here. We own the shopping center where <br />Martin’s is, built it in the mid ‘80s. We don’t <br />own the Menard’s parcel, that is owned by a <br />group called Kimco, but it looks like it is all <br />one center. A number of years ago, Bill <br />(Schalliol) contacted us because they had <br />ideas, you probably saw the pictures in the <br />paper, maybe you remember and maybe you <br />don’t, but they were talking about doing <br />something like this and taking a lot of water <br />across the street to the golf course. That is <br />when we first got involved in talking to the <br />City because we own that property and <br />obviously that has an impact on us, as well. <br />So, that’s how we got involved in this project <br />a number of years ago. At the time it just <br />didn’t work out. <br /> <br />Maybe it was two years ago or a year and a <br />half ago, Bill got back in touch with me and <br />asked me if we would have some interest in <br />this. We really like the idea of what they <br />were doing here because it created some <br />more opportunities from our perspective to <br />develop that area where the existing ponds <br />are. I don’t know how long those ponds have <br />been there but they were there before we <br />built the shopping center. So they have been <br />there for some time. I think the City is on the <br />right path in doing what they are doing. For <br />Mrs. Brady and her family, I think what they <br />will do is probably lessen the possibility of a <br />need for flood insurance verses the other way <br />it is now. I and my sons went out and spoke <br />to all of the people that are here today that <br />are impacted by this property. I tried getting <br />in touch with the Keszei family and I don’t <br /> 23 <br /> <br />