La Grange is, like many communities, in the process of tenanting a former Borders building on a prominent corner – facing both La Grange Road (Mannheim) and the BNSF railroad. Since it's difficult to find one retailer for such a large two story space, the building has been divided into units – with separate tenants for the first and second floors.
Each tenant would be seeking wall signage as proposed in the attached image, but some towns do not permit wall signs above the first floor.
This case example raises many interesting issues relating to suburban downtown redevelopment, adaptive reuse of buildings, and conservation of traditional walkable mainstreets. How would you balance these interests?
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