Burlington is appealing because it is close to Greensboro but with cheaper land. As one of the first major shopping centers in Burlington, Alamance Crossing was estimated to cost $2.3 Million for 840,000 square feet that is $2.73 per square foot. For the Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro, the estimated cost was $7.4 million for 1,244,078 square feet, that is $5.95 per square foot.
The land in Burlington is cheaper because there was no major appeal to come to the city before Alamance Crossing. But now, since the shopping center is in place, people have a reason to stop in Burlington, which will no doubt cause land cost to rise.
Well, what if instead of many people driving to Alamance Crossing, there was public transportation. Think of the people that commute to Greensboro for work and play, and think about all those cars. Well if there was a train system going directly from Burlington to Greensboro that ran multiple times a day, think of the gas that would be saved.
Most major cities have means of public transportation, and since Burlington is becoming a larger city, it's time that the major cities of North Carolina are connected. The train could run west to east from the Triad area through Burlington through Chapel Hill, and to Raleigh. This would make travel to the airport much easier as well for college students without cars, and who fly when the BioBus doesn't travel to the airports.
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Claire
I also heard that there is an outlet mall being built in the Burlington area. I think that an increase in advertising of the benefits of trains and buses could increase the use of them instead of using cars.
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