Comment 103834

By jason (registered) | Posted August 08, 2014 at 22:22:27

I was at that first meeting and the Horton's reps were brutal. Sat in the front laughing to each other as elderly ladies shared stories of trying to walk to and from Shoppers and almost being killed weekly. It got heated eventually of course as some gents couldn't take their arrogance and dismissive attitudes of neighbours. Nobody is telling them they can't have a Hortons. In fact, it was suggested they have a bigger Hortons with seating and a patio.
They just want the drive-thru and don't care about the rest of the plan.

The city is wise to fight this. Once those residential lots are shrunk with a massive 2 storey box store right behind the new condos, there's no going back. If this site is developed properly with way less parking and a street oriented, mixed-use building with Shoppers and Hortons at ground level, there would be space for more condos on Head and longer, proper backyards for the ground level, or perhaps even granny flats behind the street condos.

Shoppers and Starbucks opened a rather urban, street facing building on Main St across from Mac recently so we know it's possible to do. Unfortunately Hortons has no business model beyond drive-thrus.

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