RRetail Development

[RRetail 7,906]

For the record, I consider the first style of Target to be the one found in the Shops at Simtropolis. Hope you enjoy Style 2.

[Billk2007 306]

love it! 

[Evanjs 602]

Nice RR do you plan on doing a Super Target? That be nice if so. Also thanks for making Lidl. Unfortunately my PC crashed and a lost everything. So I havnt been playing SC4 but I hoping to come back soon. 

[RRetail 7,906]

22 hours ago, Evanjs said:

Nice RR do you plan on doing a Super Target? That be nice if so. Also thanks for making Lidl. Unfortunately my PC crashed and a lost everything. So I havnt been playing SC4 but I hoping to come back soon. 

I'm probably more likely to a third style of Target that is not a supercenter. Seems to me that Target is trying to phase out supercenter similar to what Walmart did. Heblem's version of a super Target is pretty perfect to me even if it is a bit outdated. So I kind of doubt I'll do a super Target.

[Evanjs 602]

On 8/17/2022 at 2:05 PM, RRetail said:

I'm probably more likely to a third style of Target that is not a supercenter. Seems to me that Target is trying to phase out supercenter similar to what Walmart did. Heblem's version of a super Target is pretty perfect to me even if it is a bit outdated. So I kind of doubt I'll do a super Target.

Its actually very confusing. As yes some SuperTarget have been remodeled into just a Target. But the one in Daytona has been remodeled into a newer looking SuperTarget. Thanks for all you do! 

[RRetail 7,906]

On 8/18/2022 at 2:34 PM, Evanjs said:

Its actually very confusing. As yes some SuperTarget have been remodeled into just a Target. But the one in Daytona has been remodeled into a newer looking SuperTarget. Thanks for all you do! 

Huh, I didn't know that about Daytona.

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[Musgrave322 64]

Nice little strip mall.  I recommend a new shopping center mod where we could choose our own tenants with one store/insurance office/restaurant/salon

[RRetail 7,906]

Thanks. Unfortunately, I'm not the biggest fan of that idea since it would create a situation where a it would be a pain for me to create everyone's individual suggestions. It wouldn't really be fair for me to do one request but not another. With how many people there are here, it just isn't realistic. 

I actually did do something along the lines of what you are asking through the Strip Mall Modular files though.

[dubaidude303 1,119]

So excited!!

[RRetail 7,906]

Huh, this file may be the record for fewest dependencies needed for one of my files.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

2 hours ago, RRetail said:

Huh, this file may be the record for fewest dependencies needed for one of my files.

Hopefully, you'll start a trend. Most of your dependencies I already have, so it's not really a problem, but if you were to re-release all of your stuff in a stripped-down format, I'd download every one of them again.

[sejr99999 8,343]

i agree it's nice to have a smaller dependency list but I have also enjoyed having more visually complex and therefore more interesting lots too

 

[Evanjs 602]

6 hours ago, RRetail said:

Huh, this file may be the record for fewest dependencies needed for one of my files.

Nice thanks RR. Seems like more and more Family Dollar Dollar Tree are poping up. Do you plan on doing one?

Thanks for all you do. 

[RRetail 7,906]

@SIM-ple Jack Considering I tend to use the same dependencies, I don't feel like it is too big of a deal with the ones I do use.

@sejr99999 I felt like less is more in this particular instance.

@Evanjs Chances are I'll be getting around to it with some time. 

 

[RRetail 7,906]

After some experimentation, version 2.0 of the Lakeview Shopping Center will include a new strip mall to go on the lot.

• MOE’S Southwest Grill (with updated branding)
• First Watch
• Saladworks
• Hair Cuttery
• Joint Chiropractics

Since some of you would like more of say into what brands go into strip malls I make, I thought I'd give the heads up. Thoughts on these choices?

[Evanjs 602]

24 minutes ago, RRetail said:

After some experimentation, version 2.0 of the Lakeview Shopping Center will include a new strip mall to go on the lot.

• MOE’S Southwest Grill (with updated branding)
• First Watch
• Saladworks
• Hair Cuttery
• Joint Chiropractics

Since some of you would like more of say into what brands go into strip malls I make, I thought I'd give the heads up. Thoughts on these choices?

I don’t know if this is something you’re looking for or not but what about a Burkes Outlet with a Home Centric “Burkes Home good store”

[RRetail 7,906]

Homecentric would be to big for a strip mall. Still kind of Ironic you mention that brand though because that is just one of the many brands I discovered just this past week.

[RRetail 7,906]

WIP of one smokey restaurant to go with Lakeview V2.... (ignore the lack of a roof lol)

[Musgrave322 64]

I'm tempted to request tenants such as MOD Pizza, Mattress Firm, or even Primo Hoagies to be apart of this mini Strip-mall.

[RRetail 7,906]

11 hours ago, Musgrave322 said:

I'm tempted to request tenants such as MOD Pizza, Mattress Firm, or even Primo Hoagies to be apart of this mini Strip-mall.

I did already do a MOD Pizza (Strip Mall #4) and @pclark06 even did one too as part of a strip mall. I did a Mattress Firm standalone store as part of Strip Mall #2.

I have looked into Primohoagies though, and I feel like that is one of those regional brands that makes things complicated at times. I might do it, but I'm not promising to do so.

[Evanjs 602]

2 hours ago, RRetail said:

I did already do a MOD Pizza (Strip Mall #4) and @pclark06 even did one too as part of a strip mall. I did a Mattress Firm standalone store as part of Strip Mall #2.

I have looked into Primohoagies though, and I feel like that is one of those regional brands that makes things complicated at times. I might do it, but I'm not promising to do so.

What about a rapid fire pizza? 

[RRetail 7,906]

5 minutes ago, Evanjs said:

What about a rapid fire pizza? 

Never heard of it until now.  . 

Walking you through the process I take when researching, I will do a google maps search for a brand to get an idea of how small or big it is. I see in this case, it has its biggest presence in the midwest. (Cincinnati/Dayton in particular) Looks like it has a decent number of stores in upstate South Carolina, a few locations in Texas and then one random location in California for some reason. This suggests to me that is one of those brands that is just not really ideal for me to do since it is pretty localized. If the chain continues to grow, then it may need another look.

For the record, there's probably a lot of brands I don't know about. I live in a very rural part of northern Pennsylvania and the more major cities near me (Erie, PA; Buffalo and Rochester, NY) tend to be ignored by a lot of companies or among some of the last cities to get things. Erie, being in Pennsylvania, is usually a little better about getting certain brands, but not always. Even though Erie had a Chik-Fil-A for the longest time, that company only got to the Buffalo market in 2018.  

This being said I do have 6 page document of various brands to help me in my endeavors. 

[pclark06 11,830]

2 hours ago, RRetail said:

Never heard of it until now.  . 

Walking you through the process I take when researching, I will do a google maps search for a brand to get an idea of how small or big it is. I see in this case, it has its biggest presence in the midwest. (Cincinnati/Dayton in particular) Looks like it has a decent number of stores in upstate South Carolina, a few locations in Texas and then one random location in California for some reason. This suggests to me that is one of those brands that is just not really ideal for me to do since it is pretty localized. If the chain continues to grow, then it may need another look.

For the record, there's probably a lot of brands I don't know about. I live in a very rural part of northern Pennsylvania and the more major cities near me (Erie, PA; Buffalo and Rochester, NY) tend to be ignored by a lot of companies or among some of the last cities to get things. Erie, being in Pennsylvania, is usually a little better about getting certain brands, but not always. Even though Erie had a Chik-Fil-A for the longest time, that company only got to the Buffalo market in 2018.  

This being said I do have 6 page document of various brands to help me in my endeavors. 

Yeah, Rapid Fired is small but I remember it starting in Ohio to compete with Blaze/Mod. It’s not optimal for SC4 at the moment though. 

[RRetail 7,906]

Chicken with a side of spinach....

[Evanjs 602]

8 minutes ago, RRetail said:

Chicken with a side of spinach....

Nice work RR. 

[RRetail 7,906]

I've been somewhat distracted lately researching and sketching a few ideas for potential shopping centers.... (Yeah, you can thank recent local retail announcements for inspiring me.)

Anyhow, here's a look at two of my ideas that were inspired by real life designs. While I'm not committing myself to making them, I do have tenants figured out for both if I do decide to pursue them. The diagonal one may be a little annoying to make as it would need a lot of experimentation to get right and would require quite the number of lots just for filler purposes. We shall see what I do in time.

I have a few more examples of shopping center designs/layouts in mind, but I haven't sketched them out or figured out the tenant roster for them. Simply because it would already be quite the task just to make these two. I don't want to overwhelm myself. lol

[Ceafus 88 1,794]

Good work!

There's never too many Popeyes available!!

 

[Evanjs 602]

1 hour ago, RRetail said:

I've been somewhat distracted lately researching and sketching a few ideas for potential shopping centers.... (Yeah, you can thank recent local retail announcements for inspiring me.)

Anyhow, here's a look at two of my ideas that were inspired by real life designs. While I'm not committing myself to making them, I do have tenants figured out for both if I do decide to pursue them. The diagonal one may be a little annoying to make as it would need a lot of experimentation to get right and would require quite the number of lots just for filler purposes. We shall see what I do in time.

I have a few more examples of shopping center designs/layouts in mind, but I haven't sketched them out or figured out the tenant roster for them. Simply because it would already be quite the task just to make these two. I don't want to overwhelm myself. lol

I’m sure it will look great.

[RRetail 7,906]

Version 2.0 is now avaiable for you to enjoy!

[RRetail 7,906]

This is one reason why I stated I'm not committing myself to the ideas I posted earlier....