Originally Posted By believe Anyone know what they are building on that football field sized lot that use to be a motel and stores. It says Walgreens, but it's too big to be just Walgreens. Also, isn't Walgreens near bankruptcy? And they can afford to build that?! Disney should of bought that piece of prime property and combine it with what they already have. Just a few more properties and they'll have the entire block! (for parking!)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I haven't been there since January so I don't know what the current building looks like so it's tough to say, but at that point it looked like it might be a Walgreens on the ground floor with a hotel or apartments above it. They just built a very-similar building across Harbor (with a CVS on the ground floor), so I question the wisdom of building this so close to it
Originally Posted By phruby Down the street from me there is a corner that has a Walgreens on one side and a CVS on the other. They were built at the exact same time and both do good business. It helps having a retirement home next door to them.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan We have a Starbucks directly across the street from another Starbucks and both locations do great.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros One of the airports near me has 2 Starbucks that are literally directly across the terminal from each other; they're separated by no more than 50' But I tend to think of drug stores as requiring a larger geographic area to pull from. Due to their physical size (higher rent) and the huge variety of items to keep in stock, they just don't seem like something that you need on every single street corner That said, I'm excited that they'll be there. I've often been underwhelmed by the selection at the 7-11 on the northwest corner of that intersection, so it's great to have more options! I'm just surprised that they're all clustered in that one spot
Originally Posted By berol This new Walgreens will be the fourth in a 1-mile by 1.5-mile rectangle. Density doesn't seem to be an issue.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If I'm not mistaken, the CVS is on the SW corner and has already opened, while the Walgreens is currently under construction on the SE corner. The existing 7-11 is on the NW corner, between the Candy Cane Inn and Desert Inn
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I live in a small town (suburb really) of about 19,000 people. There are at least a half dozen pharmacies in town that I can think of, including a Walgreens and CVS right across the street from each other. Walgreens was there when I moved here five years ago; CVS opened about 18 months ago. Both seem to do very well. The pharmacy at WalMart probably does the best.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <This new Walgreens will be the fourth in a 1-mile by 1.5-mile rectangle. Density doesn't seem to be an issue.> They might close one after the new one is open.
Originally Posted By believe Arpil 9 news. Walgreens will shutter about 200 U.S. stores as part of an expanded cost reduction push, but the nation's largest drugstore chain has no plans to shrink in the wake of its combination with European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/walgreens-aims-close-200-us-stores-30182025">http://abcnews.go.com/Business...30182025</a> I was just thinking it would have been prime real estate for Disney to purchase. There use to be a motel there and other retail. Walgreens must have bought it. Or maybe it's small multistory strip mall.
Originally Posted By believe https://www.google.com/maps/place/Disneyland+Resort/@33.8025886,-117.9139923,247m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x80dcd7da84d77583:0x7efd02b2f50ccd51?hl=en google maps. South East corner of Katella/Harbor check the earthview and streetview.
Originally Posted By phruby What would you rather have Walgreens selling drugs on that corner or a drug dealer doing the same thing?
Originally Posted By believe Disney buys the carousel inn for 32m and they don't buy this lot that's twice the size and adjacent to the strawberry field parking lot? Admittedly the inn is directly across from dland, but still.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Disney should of bought that piece of prime property and combine it with what they already have. >> AFAIK the site hasn't been sold. The company that controlled the motel is handling the redevelopment (Zaby's LP). There aren't any plans to develop the parking lot so buying another parcel of land that I think is landlocked between the iHop and Little Boy Blue Motel doesn't make sense. The Carousel buy was an opportunity that made sense to land bank the site and also generate revenue from the hotel operators.
