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Originally Posted by isaidso
Are attitudes about what downtown should be changing in Vancouver? As Vancouver grows, I feel many of these developments will be looked at quite negatively. I wonder if it's even possible to buy out the lower floors and convert down the road. I imagine the economics of running a business on the lower floors would make this do-able. Getting condo owners to sell in order to redevelop the lower floors is another matter.
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I can't say for certain, but I don't think so. It seems illogical, but people expect that their condo downtown will be in a quiet neighbourhood. It's slowly starting to get better but it'll take a while for development to start heading that way. You have to keep in mind that a city of 2.4 million really doesn't NEED retail at the bottom of every tower, especially with the amount of towers we build.
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