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Originally Posted by buzzg
I think a realistic, ideal situation would be to go ahead with this as planned, but instead of having parking, build another building right at the corner with retail access to the street and facing inside. Then, you have a sort of sidewalk/plaza area between the old L-shaped and new building which would be an AMAZING opportunity to have European-style sidewalk patios in that area. It's private property too so you wouldn't have to worry about renting sidewalk from the city.
So many people (myself included) park in that lot and go other places sometimes that I think it'd be the smartest move for the developer, that parking lot isn't making money and I don't think it's a make or break for the property. It'd be a one-of-a-kind space in Winnipeg. Plus with TD gone, all of their reserved spaces in the back can be freed up if some tenants raise a fuss.
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I'm going to guess that the city wouldn't allow that given how TD had to build so far back from the street. This would be for the city's plan for the eventual widening of Osborne in a hundred years or so.