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About three or four years ago, I asked the owners of a closed-down department store if we could turn a big chunk of the 4-5 storey section into a climbing wall
by vr46 3y ago
About three or four years ago, I asked the owners of a closed-down department store if we could turn a big chunk of the 4-5 storey section into a climbing wall and was told to F-off as they had bigger plans for a new commercial centre with mixed-work and retail.
Anyway, it’s still shuttered, so good luck with that plan.
- bombcar 3y agoThey do not want to deviate from the standard because it might possibly threaten something, so they're very conservative. Find one that's willing to have a Spirit Halloween store in it and you might find them more receptive.
- vr46 3y agoThey’re avaricious bastards, it’s what they are. Huge, vast amounts of money flows through businesses and straight to landlords in London, strangling investment in small businesses, their employees and the wider economy. Businesses with high margins, low inventory and low unskilled staffing costs win. In Germany, I note that thousands of small businesses flourish that vanished from London’s streets - I have a choice of places to have a kitchen knife sharpened, for example - and while London holds vast opportunity, I fear that its breadth is severely constricted and whole areas of industry, skills and expertise are effectively extinct as the startup Capex is too high, and the Opex is vampiric.
- bombcar 3y agoIt's the definition of rent-seeking, literally. And it's hard to counter-act in high-density areas; without deliberate action everything becomes McDonalds or financial businesses.