Developers of the proposed —and already controversial— development at W. Friendly Avenue and Hobbs Road met with N&R reports and editorial writers today and provided details.

The 53,000, four-building shopping center would be anchored by a grocery store and a drugstore, though no names were mentioned. Trader Joe’s and CVS have been rumored, however. The developer still has not submitted a formal plan to the city’s zoning commission, which mean it would be March at the earliest before it could go before the commission.

I’ve been following the amateur real estate brokers in local blogs and the N&R LTE pages submitting other possible locations for a Trader Joe’s that would make for a win-win situation. I’m not knocking their ideas, but it’s clear the developer wants to build on this particular piece of property, period. Thus local gov’t —- most definitely this will go before the liberal NIMBY Greensboro City Council—- will be forced to choose between the developer and the nearby neighborhood. It will be an interesting decision.