Updated: Maplewood Launches Business Recruitment Campaign
Township plans strategic approach to attract a successful retail mix to meet estimated $2.2 billion customer demand. Read the full report of retail prospects, attached.
What will Maplewood look like in the next five, 10, 50 years? That question is at the heart of a new initiative the township is launching to fill what elected officials see as a vast, unmet retail demand, while taking a proactive approach to shape the business landscape for decades to come. The township unveiled its plan at a breakfast gathering of the local business and real estate community on Monday. Mayor Vic DeLuca and Mark Lohbauer, a principal at JGSC, consultants hired by the township, led the meeting. "Too many shoppers, not enough stores," said Lohbauer, summing up his firm's overall assessment. Lohbauer said JGSC had calculated a $2.2 billion unmet retail demand among people living within a 10-mile radius of Maplewood. He …
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Victor De Luca
8:13 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Township has no authority to force any business to hire locally. We do encourage it though. The 7-Elevens are owned by individual families and they hire within their family/friend network. Walgreens has hired local residents. We are not looking for fast food businesses. more ›