Friday, September 07, 2012

Mayor's company is leasing downtown restaurant space

GREENSBORO, NC -- Yesterday I asked Mayor Robbie Perkins if his company was leasing any downtown restaurant properties and, if so, if that might present a conflict of interest for him on city council's consideration of allowing food trucks downtown.

This was his reply:
We have a kitchen space at Spring Garden and Edgeworth.  We have several restaurant spaces available in other areas of Greensboro.

No conflict in voting on food trucks. 
As it turns out, that's not accurate. The mayor's company, NAI Piedmont Triad, is the leasing agent for at least two downtown restaurant properties.

Here are the listings from NAIPT's website:


Here are photographs of the properties with NAIPT signs in front:




7 comments:

  1. The prototypical journalist might confront the mayor with the evidence and ask for a response.

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  2. I'm told Robbie has another restaurant property available in the Southeastern Building.

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  3. http://triadwatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/greensboro-city-council-member-robbie.html

    The mayor would not understand a conflict even if he was staring right at it.

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  4. Keith,

    I read your link, but it's not clear to me what the conflict is. Can you explain?

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  5. Even when terry wood was city attorney Robbie had the audacity to ask if there is a conflict with Roy Carroll which to many of us is a no brainier then his response to you is false where he is trying to sell restaurant space in downtown.you don't think Robbie wants the the food trucks to fail cause it might hinder his selling of properties or leasing of properties in downtown. Look at the program it will only allow 4 trucks to use the property what if 7 trucks wanted to be a part of process .

    Remember also that Robbie is leasing the bottom floors for richie rich at center pointe

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