Article: Consultants for San Luis Obispo, Calif., Retail Project Try to Reassure Firms.

By Katherine Ann Rowlands, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 14--A pair of consultants who have analyzed a proposed retail project in San Luis Obispo made the rounds Wednesday in an effort to reassure existing downtown businesses that most of them would still prosper -- with mixed reaction.

"We do acknowledge there is store-to-store risk," said Allan Kotin, who studied the potential impact of the proposed San Luis Marketplace on the downtown area. "But on balance, it's worth it." The "big box" retail project, which would include a Macy's department store, is proposed for the Dalidio property adjacent to ...

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