tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post4534599197141356742..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: Salemtown developers allow nearly rezoned properties to blightS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-18165945546790052022012-05-18T10:35:21.879-05:002012-05-18T10:35:21.879-05:00If this were just a matter of the law, you are cor...If this were just a matter of the law, you are correct. Legally, only the owner (who is ultimately a developer of the property, too) is culpable. And developers can point fingers of blame and pass the buck elsewhere as good as any government bureaucrat I’ve ever seen. That is their legal right.<br /><br />However, this is more than just a legal question. It is a matter of perception. The developers (in the narrow sense) are often the public face of the product. And their reputations for offering quality products should attach to how their associates allow the property to blight. The blight should attach to the brand. Those conditions attach to reputations in other professional fields, so why not in property development?<br /><br />Frankly, I don’t grasp why a developer or an engineer would want to associate with an owner who allows the kind of deterioration of the community’s quality of life that we see at 6th and Garfield. It really is shameful. But, ultimately, until all the members of the development team motivate themselves to put as much energy into preventing such blight, and until developers refuse to work with owners who do not give a tinker’s damn about North Nashville (except for the maximized sums they can take away from it), then the neglect and the personal irresponsibility will continue on all sides. Again, the ugliness and unhealthiness of the present ought to attach to promises about the future.<br /><br />You cannot convince me that other members of the development team have no leverage over how the owner maintains the property, especially when none of them would allow this on the streets where they live.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-68605665166596062882012-05-18T09:41:05.561-05:002012-05-18T09:41:05.561-05:00Most developers have options to purchase land and ...Most developers have options to purchase land and do not own the land until after it is re-zoned. The current owner is repsonsible for the condition of the property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-45891682339619551472012-05-16T13:11:24.546-05:002012-05-16T13:11:24.546-05:00The developer, who stands to invest hundreds of th...The developer, who stands to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars and hopes to make some money too, could easily call someone up and for $50 get it cut every two weeks. Everyone else has to cut their grass.<br /><br />It should be reported to codes. You can do that online in 5 minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-59190569469657056402012-05-15T22:33:26.691-05:002012-05-15T22:33:26.691-05:00That's just tall grass and wild flowers. Rela...That's just tall grass and wild flowers. Relax dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com