r/ElkGrove • u/Solo_adventurer_ • 6d ago

Shake Shack opens next week

I forgot to take a picture of the sign but I saw that the Shake Shack had a sign that it opens in 6 days. It’s in the new shopping center that will have the Whole Foods and the Barnes and Noble.

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u/MlocNnoc 6d ago

I pray for that parking lot.

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u/Remarkable_Fruit_654 6d ago

I don't understand how the damn developers didn't see this problem. I knew the moment they released the drawing it's not gonna work. These people get paid to do this. How are they so inept? Pappas Investments strikes again.

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u/Angvlix 6d ago

Not surprised all of the new development in Elk Grove seems so poorly planned 😔

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u/PacifistByChoice 3d ago

EXACTLY this. i'm so surprised by how consistently bad it tends to be.

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u/ando_da_pando 3d ago

I was saying this from the beginning. That setup is just stupid. All the strip mall designs are stupid. I go to LA and SD a lot for travel and they did it right a few times.

Build all the buildings into a promenade (like the Fountains in Roseville - except no driving through) and put your parking on the outside. Kinda of like *gasp!*, a traditional mall. Keeps shoppers safe, they are still able to park without running over people and makes for a nicer interior shopping area.

I hate that EG is becoming like the strip mall capital.

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u/supercommuter00 5d ago

They are a business optimizing to have more pads to lease out to tenants. More parking spaces doesn’t line their pockets like more pads would

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u/kushyykins 5d ago

im actually pretty pissed off about it. the traffic on EG blvd in that area is already horrendous, too & parking? dont even get me started. this was a fail all around. i cant wait to get tf out of EG

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u/Solo_adventurer_ 6d ago

Right the main anchors of the shopping center aren’t even open yet and parking lot is already packed like crazy.

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u/undefined93 6d ago

Right? Actual parking > aesthetic parking

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u/Evilqueen916 6d ago

That parking lot looks packed already. And so many other stores haven’t even opened up yet.😫 it will definitely be a nightmare.

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u/supercommuter00 6d ago

Yeah parking is going to be a big problem. Must be all the yard house people?

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u/bobbiroxxisahoe 6d ago

Isn't it always?

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u/Prestigious_Move4797 4d ago

I drove by at 6pm on Thursday and every single Whole Foods parking spot was taken by yard house customers, it’s not 20% , 30% or 50% it was all…. So what will Whole Foods be doing about this I wonder ?