Please describe "mixed-use development" and what detail what marketing/incentive tools the city should use to drive businesses to the area to fill the mixed-use development?
The only problem with your plan #1 is that downtown Berlin is a ghost town. I was there when JCpennys was closing there doors (I saved 80% of cloths) Good for me bad for town.
Adding more stores to an existing glut of empty stors is not very wise.
CPD will not give the city of berlin the TAX revs they need.