The Nati

It's been over 2 years, but it looks to be coming to a close. The fight to expand Rookwood Commons into Rookwood Exchange appears to be coming to it's final stage so construction can begin. The final few home owners lost their battles and while some appeals are still possible, a victory doesn't seem likely. I've been against these few property owners for a while. You have a community of 60 people being held hostage (in some cases lives ruined, for those that moved out and bought a new house thinking that there current house would soon be bought by the developers), but a very small minority. For a couple of those it was legitimate. They'd lived there whole lives there, and didn't want to move. For most of the 'holdouts' it was about business dollars. They had prime corner locations on a very busy street (made busy by the same developers they are fighting). I think a better solution would have been a deal that allowed those business owners to set up shop in the new center.