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SIT all of (Parris and Oooks Cgnc. <br />Hallmark Cards, Books, Magazines, Gifts <br />Ms. Paula Auburn <br />President <br />Redevelopment Commission <br />1200 County City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Dear Paula, <br />rnr. � tr <br />��i <br />I am very excited about the new office building being built by the Trammell Crow Company. It is a move <br />that is needed to bring traffic flow into the Great South Bend Area. We have been a believer in the South <br />Bend Downtown and have been a part of it for many years. Our wishes are to continue to grow with the <br />Downtown South Bend and the Trammell Crow Company. <br />We have some concern with the proposal in two ways. Our short term parking will be eliminated which <br />will kill our business. We need help in every way to attract people downtown, but if we cannot park their <br />cars we would be forced to close our doors. It is a very major concern for Majerek's Hallmark and Readers <br />World, I would hate to be forced to move after so many years. The second concern is a complete total <br />office building with no outside retail space. We would like to see retail space on the bottom floor to attract <br />shoppers and a diversified retail mix to the down town. <br />Again we love the idea but we do not it to go through without great thought for the future of the <br />downtown retailing. We need more short term parking and smaller spaces for niche retailers to move <br />more people to downtown. We know South Bend Works Downtown and South Bend Plays Downtown <br />now lets get South Bend to Shop Downtown. <br />Sincerely, i <br />Michael J. Majerei� <br />President •/ <br />cc: John Hunt <br />Ann Kalata <br />Mayor Joe Kernan <br />Carter Wolf <br />313 East Main Street Niles, Michigan 49120 616 684 -5115 FAX 616 684 -8428 <br />