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Other Ontario cities have it, soon Niagara Falls will have the second best skyline in Ontario.... |
I had originally typed a big rant in here about how I think Niagara Falls is developing out of control, and it has turned into a cheesy Vegas-North tourist trap. It was unnecessary, so I'll shorten it :)
I maintain this belief, but I hope the city CAN move in a better direction. Development needs to be considered more carefully. Living 20 mins from the falls, I have a unique view on this. Money always wins over logical land development. This is the way of Niagara (the actual city AND the Region). I hope the city can begin to move in the right direction....not all development is good development. |
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The mall seriously needs some housing development around it to make it more viable. |
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Then Pen Center in St. Catharines is also sucking the life out of all other malls in the Region. The Seaway Mall in Welland is a ghost town! Thats cool that it has a twin in Waterloo. |
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Local News - Wednesday, August 23, 2006 @ 02:00 One of the busiest intersections in Niagara Falls, Highway 420 and Montrose Road, is getting $1.8 million in road work to improve traffic flow and safety. Quote:
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But then again, Seaway really hasn't been much over the past 15 years or so, if anything it has improved recently. I'm sure a lot of the sucking is being caused by the mega Wal-Mart up the street too. Both Conestoga Mall in Waterloo and Niagara Square were originally identical twins, right down to the locations of the Bay, Zellers, Shoppers Drug Mart, CIBC. While the Square started dying, Conestoga thrived and even expanded to have a Zehrs connection with additional shops. I wonder if the Winners going into Niagara Square will be in the same location that is sits in, in Conestoga. (Across from the food court) |
I would just like to add that regarding Niagara Falls development, I think you guys are in for tough times. With the strength of the Candian Dollar to the USD (fucked up because of those in power), as well as the requirement for passports soon, development might really dry up in the Falls. I originally had some information about two developments going up in the Falls that were not even official proposals yet but seemed to been withdrawn (a 60 storey hotel and a huge Days Inn expansion).
Hopefully if there is indeed coming problems with bringing in tourism $$$ and filling the hotel rooms, developers are going to shift to the condominium, retirement / baby-boomer population as their target. It may be that the 29 storey condo is a sign of things to come for Niagara Falls. This of course will result in something rather desirable, increases in population. |
This is how I see it Tony, in Niagara Falls you still have a somewhat diverse city which has been able to sustain itself for years. There is more to Niagara than just the tourist side of it, just like there is more to Windsor than the big three. Sure these are your most influential parts of your cities, but this is not the only element to this region, after all it is the region that makes the clock tick. People who live in Niagara work in Toronto, Hamilton, St.Catharines, Grimsby, Welland, and yes even the Falls themselves. I agree that if the city does not find a way too "replace" the US residents who won't be back, than yes they could and I repeat could be in trouble. The people of this region will find a way to survive despite the short-comings of the tourist industry. And my personal opinion is that the people of Ontario will come back to the Falls instead of Disney once the law comes into affect and those from other countries will continue to come because they allready have passports. I know that this does not solve the lack of Americans, but the industry will just have to give more incentives, which in turn will make it more desirable for all parties. On the issue of more Condominiums I could not agree with you more, this is the future of this community whether people like it or not. I could even see some of these highrise hotels turning coat and switching to a multi-use building. This area has three things that stand out to me , the 1st is obvious and that is the view of the Falls are priceless, the 2nd is that this is the Queen region of retirees, "INSERT CONDOS HERE," and the 3rd is that the prices of houses is the fastest rising in Ontario, that tells me that this area is becoming more desirable to live and play, while they commute to work in the Toronto and Hamilton region.
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WIND TOWER PLANT OPENING NEAR NIAGARA FALLS.
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I think the space that you are referring to, across from the Food Court in Niagara Square is now a Sport Chek. As for NF development, its a tough call on the future. There has been a lot of money poured into the Falls in the last few years, and development continues even though the investors presumably know about the new passport thing coming up. So, lets hope that someone did their homework on this one. Half of downtown Niagara Falls looks like a warzone already, it'd be a shame to see those fancy new hotels in disrepair. oh and LORD HELP US if no one can afford to go to the casino!!! :yuck: |
Oh and Tony, the 406 is currently under construction to expand to 4 lanes as far as Port Robinson Road. This isn't quite all the way into Welland, but its getting there. The stepping stone is the cost to twin the bridges over the old Canal and the Welland River. $$$$$$$$
But I think if the Seaway Mall can manage to fill the big store empty spaces, then it should do ok. Zellers is moving to Wal-Mart's space and Winner is apparantly going into Zellers. But I can't see Winners filling that all itself, so if they can get another good store in there (for example, a Sport Chek would stop the need to go the the Pen Centre for sporting stuff), the mall could come back. Its not a lost cause....yet. |
GREAT WOLF LODGE NEWS
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:tup: http://www.hotelresource.com/article23557.html |
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LOOKS LIKE A "WINNER"
Winners is officially open for business, and by the looks of the parking lot it's off to a good start. |
IMAX THEATRE IS GETTING SOME NEW SIGNAGE!
The truck is here to unload the new signs. And here they are in their new location. |
INN BY THE FALLS UNDER RE-DEVELOPMENT!
This building is proposed at 7 floors, and 108 rooms. Thanks for pointing that out Tony, not sure what I was thinking? |
^ I think you mean demolition or redevelopment, not renovation. :haha:
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Did they by any chance repaved the parking lot? I know there was a huge whole over by the pay. Its a rough parking lot. Has any new stores moved into the old part of the mall because of the hype? I haven't been in the square for at least 2 years.
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MARINELAND DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
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