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I too have heard rumours regarding horrid management. The current management seems to have no interest or ability to attract mainstream tenants to the building - read: not aimed exclusively at the Asian market - which you think they would put some effort into since the only successful businesses in the place are thoroughly mainstream (Starbucks, McDonalds, Quiznos, Rexall, the theatres, 7-11, pub, liquor store). Hendersons strategy here is peculiar, since even the genuine Chinatown is struggling to attract the Asian market these days (and Chinatown is a treasure, not just another mall). Perhaps they've ticked the retail industry off so badly that no one will deal with them anymore.

There is actually quite a bit of traffic through the mall these days, but once you're in the door, there is nothing to buy (I live right next door, so I'm painfully familiar with this topic).

With the population now in place in the area, all kinds of businesses could do well in there: a chain restaurant (Earls, White Spot, etc); a pizza delivery place; grocery store; bakery (come on Cobs - you can't buy fresh bread anywhere around here); etc.

Or something bigger - Costco does very well just around the corner, as mentioned previously. I've also heard rumours of a kids play area going in (Go Bananas type thing?), which could do well since there is so little of that sort of thing downtown.

I used to think Walmart should have gone in - they're a big draw and target the low end of the market (the DTES is probably the only place in the country where going to Walmart could be considered pretentious...)