Comment 67834

By geoff's two cents (registered) | Posted August 11, 2011 at 03:56:40 in reply to Comment 67821

I agree with you that having Mac downtown will be a boon for the city. In Vancouver, for instance, which lacks a major university campus presence downtown, SFU's relatively tiny downtown footprint has done wonders for an otherwise fairly depressed area of the CBD adjacent to the east side.

Even a little finessing on this deal would have made it far more acceptable for most - for example, having having 'phase 2' set in stone, finding some way of saving or at least incorporating aspects of the educational building, having the city pay less to rent in the space it is after all (largely) paying to build, having the city lay out less cash upfront, or even having this coincide with some sort of reiteration of official support for LRT.

As it is, this deal isn't an out-and-out loss (and it is a very nice-looking building), but it's hard for me to get too excited about.

Comment edited by geoff's two cents on 2011-08-11 03:56:56

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