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Originally Posted by Draftsman
I think REAL is dreaming anyway about all of the developments. No one wants to live on the exhibition grounds, next to the railway mainline, and busy roadways.
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I feel like REAL/the City just looked at Lansdowne/TD Place in Ottawa (their former Exhiitions grounds), and were like "yeah - that's great! Let's do it too!"
Landsdowne ground are a completely different ballgame. Smaller property, by far. Located in a desirable residential area (similar to Cathedral). Next to the Canal. Plenty of foot traffic already. Great views of downtown. Access to transit. Put it all together, of course people want to live in the condo there. And the restaurants/pubs/retail they built on the grounds are busy. It p*ssed existing neighbours off (think Cathedral), but they pushed ahead. That area has the best CFL stadium vibe in the country, by a mile.
Regina can try to recreate similar elements - but they can't lift the whole plan... it's not going to work, and it's just lazy.
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this, coming from a guy who routinely criticizes various public bodies in Sask - especially the City - of always claiming they need to create a "made in Sask" solution, rather than just calling up colleagues in other jurisdictions & asking for advice, plans, etc. In REAL's case, I think we actually need a unique plan.)