I agree. Another good example are the retail spaces at Platform. The two spaces on Cabarrus are massive! At least one is set up to be a restaurant, but what budding small local business can afford a space that large?? The sizes of the spaces on Dupont are flexible, but I think that the smallest size available is 1500 sqft. That’s bigger than my house! Seems too big for small and local.
I know they’re trying to court local businesses, but if they really want them to succeed, they’d offer smaller footprints.
Honestly, this is one reason I often feel conflicted when older downtown buildings get demolished for sparkly new mixed use instead of putting the new stuff on vacant property. We lose the spaces where our cool, small business can thrive.