One related development mentioned in the planning material is 1 Kingsway in Vancouver. It is a combined library and community centre with attached rental housing:
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I would like to see a similar residential component for the Bloomfield site. The neighbourhood needs more residents and some of the profits could go into funding nonprofit components of the redevelopment.
This is actually a case where I'd prefer to see some kind of residential tower. That would allow for a significant portion of the site to be turned into outdoor public space, something that is lacking along Agricola. Some of the older buildings should also be preserved (at least the dark brick and stone school structure from the 1910s).