Comments on Developer Sues Whole Foods For Breaking Lease, Delaying Opening of Interbay Store

wait until the recession hits and whole foods goes wholly bankrupt.

Hippie? You seen their prices?

Sounds like a typical chain -- ride the extreme success of a few outlets to overexpansion and then bankruptcy. I'd be worried at talk like this. I also wonder how their big new store in London is doing, the one with no parking and the most expensive real estate on the face of the earth.

capitol hill people: shop at madison market instead. cheaper, better selection, nicer people, local.

Where/what is Interbay...can you at least give some streets or something?

god I hate that the Stranger hired you

It's near Magnolia, fuckface. Buy a map.

Buy a journalism degree.

why buy the cow when you can get the sex for free?

you know, a person without a journalism degree would be posting more about fantasy football if they really wanted to flaunt the fact.

Whoa, pissy pissy!

Interbay is the flat nowhere valley between Queen Anne and Magnolia, along Elliot Way.

Credit where credit's due, this story was broken at magnoliavoice.com yesterday.

JSP doesn't DO credit where credit is due.

Steal it, change the words, sign your name on it.

"WHY BUY THE COW WHEN YOU CAN GET THE SEX FOR FREE"
-Jonah (#7)

PCC is hippie; Whole Foods is yuppie. They call it whole paycheck-- not whole bottle of patchouli oil. Get that shit straight.

I hate Whole Foods. Hate. It. Once upon a time, it was kind of a crunchy hippy store where you could get organic produce and bulk spices. All of the new stores are 90 percent dedicated to food made in-store, all of it bland and greasy and all of it unhealthy. That place can't go away soon enough.

And Madison Market is great, but I wouldn't say their selection is better.

"I also wonder how their big new store in London is doing, the one with no parking and the most expensive real estate on the face of the earth."

Having just returned from London, I imagine that the lack of parking probably isn't going to hurt them. (The prices might, though!) London is amazingly dense and full of people who actually walk to do their shopping (and take the Tube wherever needed). So if there's any place a parking lot is not required, it's London.

This is a stunningly boring post.

Construction lawsuits are as common as rain in Seattle in winter. Talk to any commercial real estate attorney. There isn't a single major construction project in the county that gets completed without a lawsuit or three.

This is not news. This is the everyday business of large construction projects.

What could potentially become news is if this kind of thing becomes more common or widespread because of the credit crunch and economic meltdown we are experiencing. But at least on the surface, this appears to have nothing to do with the current economic crisis.

The people at Madison Market are not nice, they are righteous. They need to eat some fucking Ho Hos and get over themselves. But definitely a better store than Whole Foods.

Someone put a magnet next to your brain compass, Non? I'm not even smart and Interbay's not a huge deal, Shelley Duvall.

Whole Foods Market has done amazing things for the grocery industry, organic products and even the usda organic rule would not be anywhere close to where it is without them. They are trying to curtail the bigger is better axiom that has killed so many businesses. I think what they are doing is responsible and am confident they will open, lawsuits like this happen all the time and unfortunately are used as leverage in negotiations all too often. I hope it is resolved soon, I will continue to shop at their existing stores, their quality is excellent, staff knowledgeable and the selection is amazing! With all the options of coarse there are going to be pricier items, but if you watch what your buying and cook a little more yourself you will pay no more than at QFC....and it'll be better for you and everyone else.

Whole Foods Market has done amazing things for the grocery industry, organic products and even the usda organic rule would not be anywhere close to where it is without them. They are trying to curtail the bigger is better axiom that has killed so many businesses. I think what they are doing is responsible and am confident they will open, lawsuits like this happen all the time and unfortunately are used as leverage in negotiations all too often. I hope it is resolved soon, I will continue to shop at their existing stores, their quality is excellent, staff knowledgeable and the selection is amazing! With all the options of coarse there are going to be pricier items, but if you watch what your buying and cook a little more yourself you will pay no more than at QFC....and it'll be better for you and everyone else.

Shill much, Jeff?

If you really want to support your local farmers and eat healthy food (for reasonably cheap), check out the farmers' markets.