Development Rumours

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The HMV wasn't actually that large. It's big for a storefront space but much smaller than, say, a typical department store. It was actually reduced in size a while back when City Centre Atlantic was renovated. I don't think it's prohibitively large, but that block could use more renovations.

It is hard to imagine anything but a positive long-term trend for SGR given all the construction happening there, but it's actually pretty common for periods of construction to be kind of hard on retail. The payoff only really comes once the disruptions stop and the new customers arrive.

Apple was considering a location on Spring Garden Road (supposedly in/near the Bank of Montreal/Planet Pool building) but they went with HSC instead. I can't help but wonder if their decision might have been different had the streetscape improvements and library been in place by then. Those delays came at a cost for the downtown.