Dana,

Americans already spend more money on fast food than they do on higher education. Sadly, you just gave this McDonald’s a handful of business. You could have used that blog space for something a bit more educational.

Jed

It would seem that there are better options on Six Forks Road. Celebration @ Six Forks is overloaded with restaurants, a gym, poor hilly parking, and very difficult to turn right (North) onto Six Forks. The exit next to McDonald’s is left turn only. McDonald’s seems to be on a quest to put a latte in every hand, south of Strickland, going into downtown Raleigh.

Dana,

Per Jed, Don’t give out news or interesting facts or tell us what is happening out there. Just stand on your soapbox and preach the opinion that only matters to you (or Jed).

Amazes me…..you spend all this time on telling us this info and some people would have you or try to guide you to their opinion.

Actually, thanks for the info. That strip center needs help and nice to see a national retailer take a serious look.

Keep up the news and good work

Exactly as you said McDonald’s spends a lot of money on real estate market research to the point where competitors just copy their locations. They selected a site where there are approximately 1 million office condos or small office buildings within 1 mile distance. They found cheap real estate on which to erect a restaurant and are betting that the office building boom further up Six Forks at Strickland will more than keep them busy. Looks like a sound business decision to me! Some people thought John Kane was crazy buying North Hills Mall but in the grand scheme of things it was a brilliant long-term business decision. His investment and vision was the catalyst for development that changed the overall dynamic of a depressed commercial corridor.

I’m all for filling vacant business space, even if it means Mickey D’s. (I’d rather see the return of a record store!) Interesting point about the location and accessibility though. McDonald’s doesn’t agree with me any more anyway, I think my body tries to tell me something after I’ve eaten there. LOL Like McD’s, Wal-Mart (like it or not) has the same knack for staking out locations, and then having a lot of adjacent or nearby development follow. Unfortunately, the arrival of Wal-Mart tends to be the writing on the wall for any already established competing small retail nearby.

Back on topic, I don’t think McDonald’s will have that effect – it might help the shopping center’s traffic out some. What Raleigh REALLY needs though – is a good New York or Chicago style pizza place. Giordano’s? Anyone? Please!!!!