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Originally Posted by BaddieB
Should really have retail at the base.
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On the Willingdon side?
I'm not really sure that would work.
That side seems more residential usage.
You could argue on the Grange side perhaps, but from how they've positioned the tower with the entrance right on the corner, you'd essentially end up with retail facing the back or laneside of the Orchid mall.
I realize the character of Willingdon as a whole will change over time - especially if/when the Purple line extension gets built, but that's much farther down the road and in the present it seems like with the generous setbacks that those existing homes enjoy, the city never planned to have much pedestrian or foot traffic for that stretch of road prior to hitting Kingsway and south of Kingsway.
And then there's also the small matter that that site isn't currently zoned for mixed use/commercial or retail, and it doesn't seem like they wanted to go the rezoning route.