Assi Natural Market To Replace Stein Mart in Irvine

• Wouldnt it be nice to have something to DO in Irvine other than store after store after store? Good God... Irvine has no LIFE to it.  I looked for a live music venue just last night... looking for somewhere to meet my friend, and Irvine/Woodbridge offers ZILCH.  Great place to raise kids and be bored as hell as an adult.

• Very interesting.  I wish that the monster Irvine Co were a better neighbor informing the community well before these changes take place.  Clearly, the Irvine Company does not give a rat's derriere about the community's views.  I happen to be a fan of H-Mart and have the accounting to prove it.  So I am not a gringo writing from a defensive view.  But I do think, given the incredible power of the Irvine Company to shape the community (they are well know predators among retailers of a local bent) that there needs to be more oversight and communication.   Perhaps Mayor Sukhee Kang, my hope for finally getting a proper representative for Irvine in the US house, could speak with the Irvine Company about better communication?   I will not miss SteinMart but I do miss a market one could walk to.  I am at Talium Taikwondo twice a week with my great Grandson and the market would be great for me, but I do think that more community oversight is essential of development and use changes.

• Are you kidding? This shopping center is already dominated by Asian doctors and other medical practices, it's a perfect location for them I think...

• there are a lot of parents dropping off their kids at the shopping center with the Steinmart, maybe they'll shop at the Korean market while they're waiting for the kids, or go there after the dollar movie finishes?

• Guaranteed to fail because of the location.  A place on Culver, Jamboree, or even Jeffrey would have a better chance. 

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