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Through their analysis, we also get a good sense of the relationship between Edmonds and the municipality’s established Town Centres:

[...] Council outlined the designated role of Middlegate as a Municipal sector centre (rather than as a regional sub centre as is the case with the Brentwood and Lougheed Mall Centres). This designation in part recognized the proximity of the Middlegate Centre to Metrotown and a sensitivity not to create a competitive climate between these two areas. As a result the Middlegate centre is the lowest order of the designated major Town Centres with its intended scale and nature of development relating to the needs of its particular sector of the Municipality (Burnaby, 1984).

So, we find that planners are interested in seeing the growth of Edmonds, but in so far as it would not stunt the development of Burnaby’s other Town Centres, and in particular, Metrotown. The relationship between Edmonds and Metrotown is significant, which we will revisit further below.

http://davidpereira.ca/projects/burnabys-town-centres/edmonds-town-centre/