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Originally Posted by Dundas
I went to the Brigil sales centre during the summer and the saleswoman said this area will become similar to Lansdowne Park in the future but better according to her. She said tower 3 sales will start soon. Lots of boomers looking to sell their single family home for a place to stay in Orleans but enjoy condo lifestyle.
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Yeah, sure!
This is an all around terrible proposal. There's a great opportunity to have active frontage on Trim and Jeanne d'Arc, have an urban street drawing people from the station to Petrie Island, but no, build parking between the street and the development.
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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi
I bet those residents might use the LRT to go to work but will need a car for everything else.
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On the nose. Even with WFH likely to become more wide spread, both the City and developers continue to view transit as a commuter system only.
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Originally Posted by bradnixon
It IS almost right across the street from Trim station; there will be LRT almost to the doorstep.
The next question is, when does the city sell their works yard to allow development in that block (and a pedestrian bridge to the north side of the highway)?
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I ask myself the same question. The City has made it clear it expects private interest to build the bridge, but how's that possible if they don't sell the yard? They should aim to sell and have a new development complete by the time the east extension opens. The new development should also include a park-and-ride (parking structure or underground) so that they can then sell the existing p&r for more TOD.
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