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Argyle workshop pitches curated 'Main Street' to capture up to $700M–$774M in retail leakage
Summary
At an Argyle MDD workshop, presenters showed analyses that most town-area retail demand is captured outside Argyle and outlined a curated Main Street plan to recover that spending, proposing ~300,000 sq ft of mixed-use space and strict tenant/design standards.
At a Municipal Development District workshop in Argyle, a presenter laid out market-area analysis showing a large portion of local retail demand is leaving the town and proposed a curated Main Street strategy to capture more of it.
The presenter told the MDD that within an approximately 10-minute drive around Argyle there is about $848 million in purchasing demand and roughly $359 million in retail supply, leaving a gap the presentation labeled as retail “leakage.” He said, "I've got $700,000,000 in retail leakage, in just a 10 minute drive time," and later described a compiled “real leakage number” of roughly $774,000,000, noting the slide combines data from Zac Tech (ZacTax), Retail Strategies, Kimley‑Horn and other sources. The presenter said the figures are a synthesis he compiled for the briefing.
The presenter also connected the town’s expected MDD sales-tax yield to local retail sales: he said…
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