Comments on: Promenade Litigation Update

By: THO

THO — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Morgan,
I respect your position as a fellow home owner, but I think you missed the point John was making. Toll Brothers can care less about how tall the garage is. They're only using the Promenade to get their deposit money back. Why they would drag all of us into court I don't know.
As a Terraces home owner, I have been very concerned about the Grafton Plaza project right across the street from me. That project will have four towers, with the highest being around 150 feet tall. I attended the public hearing for the towers last summer, and I did not see a single Toll employee there. If Toll really wants to sue Charter for the good of the public, they should sue over the four towers. They should also leave us taxpayers out of it. Toll has a lending arm, which means they have gotten some of our tax dollars in the form of the TARP money. For them to sue us taxpayers, after getting our money, is just wrong, wrong, wrong.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I'm sorry, but why are people who disagree labeled "Toll Trolls"? Let's have a mature dialog, please. I, too, am looking at some Toll Bros property in Dublin, and have concerns about a parking structure nearby. I would like the Promenade built, but I hope all of this gets settled in a way that is a good compromise for everyone. To me, this would be a Promenade shopping complex with a parking solution that does not obstruct the view for homeowners. Thanks for keeping everyone posted on developments, Around Dublin blog!

By: MorganK

MorganK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In my opionion, Toll is not all wrong. The four story parking space would be an permanent eye sore for the community. Looking at the one near Bart, that could be considered one of the most ugly parking structure for Bart. It becames a "Landmark" for Dublin Station developement. Thanks to the design review board of not reviewing the design thoroughly. Now we will have to come up with a solution to break down the scale of that building. An other bad example would be the south San Francisco Transit village. There is a huge above ground parking structure adjacent to the residential complex. It really makes those rental unit very undesirable, besides it is next to the bart station. Can we break down the parking structure into two or three complexs or buidling it behind the retail space? So the residential building will be facing a serious of retail space instead of a parking structure. I think it will creat more like a urban feel to that neighborhhod.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Give it up, Toll Trolls. We will see how many of you show up at the next official meeting, and we will make sure we get pictures. People throughout Dublin need to all know what you look like.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Would I rather an empty field or a four-story parking garage? DEFINITELY an empty field!