Comment 36723

By A sign of the times ... (anonymous) | Posted January 01, 2010 at 13:46:20

@jason,

The retail spots would be sold to businesses at the developers discretion and clauses built-in to the offers preventing any sale to undesired uses. No dollar stores, pawn shops, XXX video booths ... you get the idea. Ironstone Condominiums in Burlington was very successful in finding solid buyers using this concept. I'm not suggesting an outdoor "city mall." I'm suggesting a fresh community with amenities at everyone's door step, lots of undergound parking, CarShare and bicycle parking/share. If the LRT goes ahead, and my fingers are crossed that it will, I am almost certain that there will be a stop right infront of the condo's. The city has a very attractive property tax incentive for new and refinished residential units downtown, that is not being used to its full potential, or at all.

I know I'm dreaming, but once a community like this is built downtown, everything around it will flourish.

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