[the dude]

given the amount of foot traffic in the core and how readily accessible it is by public transit, the area will not be a ghost town.

personally, i would go even further. the area bounded by james, wilson, king and wellington is ripe for this sort of limited access development. it's a blank slate and would be a great experiment in car-free living. car-free areas are great successes when there's ample parking around its periphery and when they're accessed by public transit, particularly trams. they also require a high population density, which we don't have quite yet...but we're working on it. let's be trend-setters for once and show north america how it's done.