Comments on: Ballston Rebranding: ‘Where Minds Meet’ http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/ News, Weather, Traffic, Events and Reviews in Arlington, Virginia Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sebastian Melmoth http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292948 Sebastian Melmoth Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:45:07 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292948 “Where Minds Meet” would be quite appropriate with the addition of the word ‘deranged”

]]> By: Arlingtonian http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292734 Arlingtonian Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:23:58 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292734 You can bet that the BID won’t publicize the businesses, residents, affordable housing and distant views that all of the new development in Ballston displaced. You can also bet that the BID will not publicize the energy usage and the rush-hour traffic congestion that the new development created,

]]> By: Ballston neighbor http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292727 Ballston neighbor Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:16:28 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292727 Best idea i’ve heard yet. also could offer REI or other specialty sports stores incentives to lease space to further sports & entertainment center idea. how about a Dave and Busters? a spa?

]]> By: JamesE http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292660 JamesE Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:53:30 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292660 What a wonderful thing to say to a client! No wonder the mall is so popular.

]]> By: ARLnow.com http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292641 ARLnow.com Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:37:32 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292641 The following was posted as a reply by a user but lost due to a technical problem:

“They [Forest City] were very upfront with me in the negotiations,” says Kennedy, who signed a three-year lease at Ballston Common. “They said that maybe my retail store might not be extremely successful.”

No wonder they can’t attract better retail…

]]> By: bargainhunter http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292640 bargainhunter Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:36:21 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292640 I shop at that Macy’s because it has the cheap brands! I find Karen Scott sweaters there that I can’t find at other Macy’s.

]]> By: JamesE http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292578 JamesE Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:14:45 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292578 Or Market Commons in Clarendon

]]> By: JamesE http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292577 JamesE Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:14:21 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292577 When people refer to parts of Arlington as shady or creepy I am 100% convinced they live inside a bubble and have never been to the real world.

]]> By: jackson http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292576 jackson Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:13:38 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292576 And looking at the crime statistics, it looks like your car is more likely to be broken into at Pentagon City!

]]> By: drax http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/07/ballston-rebranding-where-minds-meet/#comment-292565 drax Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:42:02 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=62653#comment-292565 Oh, come on, people. You sound like a bunch of, well, rich spoiled Arlingtonians. Why don’t you get it over with and move to McLean?

This mall is small and below average, that’s true. But it’s hardly creepy. Enough hyperbole.

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