Here's What You Said You Want to Take the Clawson Blockbuster Space

Clawson residents and Patch readers offered insight and articulate opinions all day when we asked what they would like to see at a local commercial vacancy.

With the Dish Network announcing plans to close the Clawson Blockbuster recently, the Clawson Shopping Center has a new hole to fill.

Staff at Blockbuster (1255 W. 14 Mile Rd., Clawson) say that they now expect the store closed April 21.

Be A good time to do a REDO of the whole Clawson Center, it is a dinosaur, What ever formula the City Fathers used to figure parking spaces to square footage of store space, was antiquated, never more so then this sea of asphalt . Be nice to see the buildings moved or a few smaller buildings built closer to 14 mile to make the center more inviting to entice passer byes to come in...... like the out buildings at the Troy Target and Home Depot cent, all that area behind the Claw Cent. is basically wasted. (a sleeping spot for ?? that don't want to be seen. ..... there was a rumor...... — Mich Neerd (Via Facebook)

A starbuck's! — Lindsay Young (Via Facebook)

Maybe a really big Redbox? Am I the only person left in th US that can't stream movies over some device, can't afford internet, or a monthly subscription to netflix just so I can watch a movie twice a year? — Carrie Mead (Via Facebook)

5 BELOW — Julie Streetman (Via Facebook)

Walgreen's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Little Cesar's Pizza — Denise Wieczerza (Via Facebook)

A really good deli! — Lisa Bartley (Via Facebook)

olive garden — Barbara Schultz Brown (Via Facebook)

How about a casual family restaurant? Olive Garden, Red Lobster, a good pizza place. — Greg (Via Patch)

You don't need to be a commerical developer or city planner — or have money to invest in a business project — to have the next great idea. We want to hear about it.