[Chadillaccc]

Bridgeland is a big dense neighbourhood. There's a good 5 block stretch of retail on 1 Ave NE starting from 9a Street NE heading west. It's a pretty trendy area. There's also another dense retail area for Bridgeland along Edmonton Trail, known informally as the 'Breakfast District' (for its selection of awesome eclectic breakfast and brunch joints) that stretches for several blocks.

Marda Loop is deceptive, it has a couple blocks (plus one new block of retail U/C) of retail on either side of 33rd Avenue, plus the retail area just south of the main strip. It's more of a node than just a 1 street strip. However, of all the neighbourhoods in question here, you'd be right in assuming Marda Loop has the least retail opportunities of all of them.However it's not bad, given its location, for nightlife as there are several very popular bars in the area. It's still a really lovely neighbourhood to live though, it was where I first lived in Calgary. Bridgeland would be the one with the least nightlife.

118 Ave looks interesting, there seems to be a fair bit of retail in the area. Is it organized into a neighbourhood or Business Revitalization Zone like Kensington in any way? Access by LRT? 118 Ave is a good 4 kilometers outside of downtown though, that's a far cry from the 2 kilometers Marda Loop is from the Beltline. From a quick search on Google Maps, it doesn't look like there is any retail in the entire Riverdale neighbourhood.