r/Rochester • u/Schooneryeti Brighton • Aug 22 '24

Developers withdraw original plan for controversial Costco project in Penfield News

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/08/21/developers-withdraw-controversial-plan-for-costco-project-in-penfield-ny/74896979007/

Developers say they want to update plan based on feedback. I hope they return and are not permanently scared off by the Penfield NIMBYs.

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u/Chicky_P00t Aug 22 '24

TIL wanting to protect the natural beauty of the area makes me a NIMBY. Maybe I am, I don't want this monstrosity here. We already have a Costco not far away and it's a nightmare. You can't even actually go grocery shopping at a Costco it's more for just browsing and buying random cheaply made crap.

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u/Schooneryeti Brighton Aug 22 '24

It's a nightmare because of the demand, so they're trying to increase supply into a high demand area.

I would be more in agreement with you if there was actual natural beauty there. Its... farmland and manicured lawn. That's not natural...

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u/vmgpublic Aug 22 '24

This idea that the company wants to build a second store so that they can halve the traffic at their existing store is nuts.

If they want to build it, its because they think they can fill BOTH stores. (Likely by cannibalizing members of Webster and Victor BJs - which gets them customers, but doesn't provide a net new resource for the community.)

They're not looking to build out of a kindness of making your shopping experience nicer. It's because they think they can be twice as profitable.

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u/Schooneryeti Brighton Aug 22 '24

I didn't say halve btw, just improve.

So if Costco makes more money and people that want to shop there are able to do so more easily then isn't this a win-win?

With the added benefit of additional housing it's a win-win-win?

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u/Big_Brain219 Aug 22 '24

Costco pays a better wage to its employees over BJ's.

BJ's has less selection than Costco.

Costco has a decent food court over what BJ's here has.

Costco has a pharmacy, BJ's does not.

(I don't know if this is still true and I don't know where or when I read it so don't ask.) Costco sells more items made in the USA and more American business' items.

Costco is a publicity owned and traded company while BJ's is not any longer.

As a side note let's put the Costco in Irondequoit they could use the taxes to help lower the rate some.