I drove past the Sportif bike shop Tuesday night, and other than the broken "S," the property is not blighted. What interests the developer is that the shop is just two blocks away from the Lawrence Avenue I-90/94 exit ramp, and just about the same distance from the Jefferson Park el (commuter train) stop.
To me, now more than ever, this looks like a government endorsed land grab, plain and simple, that is, if Ald. Levar and his developer pal gets his way.