If I were a commercial developer

I'd be watching that rezoning battle at the corner of Friendly & Holden in Hamilton Lakes very closely. When the property classification changes from residential to commercial zoning--I'd start buying up homes in Hamilton Lakes/Starmount on Holden, Market, Friendly, Green Valley. I would turn the homes into rentals until my parcel was big enough to build ...
one of these

or this--minus the palm tree

Or an apartment building or condominium complex.

Our neighborhood's proximity to Friendly Shopping Center makes it a desirable target of commercial development.

Kotis Properties advertises its mostly empty property on Market Street this way: "CLOSEST BIG BOX SPACE TO FRIENDLY CENTER"

The listing broker for 1410 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC, headlines this commercial property listing with "LIFESTYLE CENTER NEAR FRIENDLY CENTER."

If we rezone, they will come.