Is Hamilton City Council serious about reviving downtown or not? If they are, then they will say no to these developments. When will they learn that they must put a stop to this sprawl?
Infact instead of allowing more power centres and malls, I would say Hamilton could go the other way and look at demalling the city
This sounds really communist, but just think.
DEMALLING HAMILTON
-A structured multiyear plan to shift the focus of the city from the edges back to the centre. The plan will call for for the closure of all regional malls in Hamilton. Starting first with Centre Mall, followed by Eastgate Square, Limeridge Mall, and then Meadowlands.
retailers will be given locations in the core downtown area, and new retailers must open in the core, unless they are able to show that they can not find a suitable building and location in the core area, and need more room(i.e. Ikea).