I'm not sure if the last comments were sarcasm over the local opinions or the render.

I have to wonder how much "local opposition" there was to the power centres that sprung up along Stone Church near the Upper RHVP; many of the same criticisms about traffic and not fitting the existing neighbourhood form could be leveled at the retail plazas. Some of those neighbourhoods have been around a while.

They see the power centres as something that benefits them. "I can drive a shorter distance to shop! So convenient!". Basically, it's about "me, me, me!" as usual.

My horror was directed towards the locals opposition. Think of the poor kids that may now find a home! lol. The render does have an Imperial Palace casino vibe to it.

Berklon hit the nail on the head. Surely rows of stores create traffic, with people coming and going all day, vs how busy do apartment/condo parking lots get?

Maybe they should offer incentives for things to not go to the OLT, like if the development ends up approved, they can build 20% larger/taller, tax credit, idk. Some kind of deterrent at least.

Similar, this type of infill should have been rubber stamped in the same motion that we all signed on not to expand our urban boundaries. In fact it should have been mandatory to increase density everywhere we have main roads and transit corridors.