The most-asked question I've received since becoming a Patch editor has been, "What's being built at the corner of Belair and Silver Spring?"
Until recently, community members had to look on Patch for the answer. Three articles detail the property's transition from the former Lauman's to a future Walgreens:
- Construction Continues on Second Perry Hall Walgreens
- Second Perry Hall Walgreens to Open Winter 2012
- Perry Hall: A Great Place to Get Your Prescriptions Filled
Yesterday, however, I noticed a bright red sign on the construction site announcing that Walgreens is "coming soon."
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Does Perry Hall have too many pharmacies?
Tell us in the comments.
B
6:48 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Ugh! So much more could have been done with that site.
marian witt
8:23 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
i knew when the property was sold that walgreens was going there. how? i've known wayne lauman for years and my daughter worked for him a long time. this news was all over fullerton in days. what took perry hall so long?
Tim
10:10 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
We were in denial that such a lousy alternative was going there.
On a more serious note, we also knew about this a couple months ago.
Mike Lurz
9:25 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Wonderful, now we have a corporate identity to go with the eye sore that will be vacant in 6 months
S D
10:52 am on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Can someone please tell me who gets to make these important decisions about what fills the properties in Perry Hall? What a waste of a very good location. And YES, I think that Perry Hall has too many pharmacies - two CVS, now two Walgreens, a Rite Aid plus one in every grocery. Come on!!
Disappointed in Perry Hall.
unrest
12:55 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
It's the invisible hand of the free market! Capitalism!
Mike Lurz
4:17 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Thats all fine and dandy until their greed to dominate the market lowers our property value. How many vacant store fronts are there in the area???
John Doe
4:49 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Maybe we can put a Bill Bateman's across the street in the old bank and change Mars to Safeway.
Tammy Zaluzney
4:56 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
How about a campaign to bring a Trader Joe's to the area? I'd be up for that.
John Doe
4:58 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
That would fit perfectly in the SuperFresh building
unrest
5:18 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
If any of these companies thought it would be profitable, they would have a store there already...all the campaigns or wishing and hoping mean squat...these companies care only about how much money they can suck out of us...
Tim
10:35 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
you would think this is the case, but there's been no shortage of examples of over-expansion/saturation of markets in consumer goods.
All you can do if you disapprove of what's being built in Perry Hall is to ignore it and hope they go under.
Then hope your tax dollars aren't going to pay for it.
I just went to a massive Whole Foods in Charlottesville VA this past weekend, and I almost fainted at the supply of high quality mostly organic food that was there. It'd never completely replace the standard grocery store but it'd get a big chunk of our business, anyway.
GHCinNottingham
8:44 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
When a corporation can buy a 3.25 million dollar parcel, completely demolish 2 recently constructed buildings and put up a new drug store, they are gouging their customers for obscene profits.
Tim
10:37 pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011
How about that McDonald's in Rosedale, down Route 1. They literally tore it down just to rebuild it. Seriously.
The same thing is going on at the one on Joppa Rd, in Loch Raven area. Oh, these poor corporations. This just irrationally aggravates me.
Mike Lurz
8:44 am on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Nobody has even mentioned the collateral damage to local small business, I will pick a locally owned business over any chain, anytime/any place
B
6:56 am on Thursday, August 11, 2011
I don't think there is such a thing as locally owned business anymore. And sorry to say if the mom and pop stores are pricier or at a bad location I am not going. Hate to say that but my time and money is more precious in this day and age.