i have so many friends in the mission and i have known andrew mckinley for a very long time and gave money to support adobe to stay where they are. unfortunately that didn't have happen. i would like to see this corridor. sasha, i feel for us. it's not a very good area right now. unfortunately, i don't think this is going to help. the beauty and grace that's happened in the valencia street corridor was done with money. the same can be done on 16th street. thank you for your time. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> my name is lauren. thank you so much for your patience tonight. i also want 16 street to have sparkly sidewalks and fewer empty store fronts. but to turn to a formula retail store as a savior is not only misguided but shishging community responsibility. jack spade isn't going to help it. other local businesses are going to be priced out and what we'll be left is is more empty store fronts because smaller independent businesses can't compete or laws are going to change and 16 street is going to be old navy's and kate spade. it's a ripple effect. if we want things to be b

. >> my name is andrew mckinley and i was the owner of the adobe bookshop in the space that jack spade is now renovating. i was there for 25 years, but the landlord, he opted as is his right to seek a higher rent. a better tenant, quote unquote. so i'm a victim of the situation. i have enjoyed working with the expediter, very nice fellow, i have enjoyed talking to someone from jack spade who has offered to try and help my book business by buying some of the book, but i feel that the jack spade people were mislead by the landlord as to the circumstances of how this space became available for them to consider. the landlord is his right decided to seek a better tenant, but he didn't gauge very much the attitude of the community which does resent very much what is happening. i don't blame jack spade. i sort of blame the landlord, but it's hard to blame landlords. i just feel that you should consider the community which is very upset, a certain amount of them. there are other people here tonight who support what is going to happen. the old landlord said we'll never deny anyone a living. his