Economic Study from Liveable City Civic Economics: Economic Impacts of Local Merchants versus Chain Retailers. Read the executive summary or the full report.
Austin Chronicle Article about Border's pulling out. "The five-year saga of Austin's most controversial retail project took another sharp turn Wednesday as Borders Books and Music announced it was abandoning plans to build a location in the proposed Sixth + Lamar development -- across the street from local indie-biz icons BookPeople and Waterloo Records." Read the full article...