citydweller
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1. I think this would be best for a demo and a rebuild as residential or mixed residential/commercial. However, I have no idea what is underneath this site and whatever other zoning BS or shadow laws would prevent from putting something vertical here.
2. With the above said, I was at the Minnetonka, MN House of Sport a couple of weeks ago and it was bumping - very busy, people shopping and buying things, lots of inventory, and like the description, they have rock walls, and experiential stuff with staff providing advice, etc.. Of course, it is MN and I think ours has an ice skating rink outside. A store in this location could get quite busy.
A counterpoint to #2 is that the MN store is attached to a mall, with a parking lot, so you can put your haul of things in a car. I am not sure why people would schlep all the way into Boston to buy stuff. I think this would be better suited to Burlington or Natick.
Agreed with both points. The cost of parking in the city is a huge deterrent for me. Having said that, the Copley T station is one block away and the orange line is a short walk as well so convenient for the city dwellers at least.