Cadillac Fairview announced an interesting redevelopment of Richmond Centre mall in suburban Vancouver.
They're going to be burying the parking lots surrounding the mall and building a forest of midrise residential towers with outdoor shopping at the base. It's an impressive project.
http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cf-ri...velopment-plan
Obviously Winnipeg can't support something on that scale, but I always thought it would be cool if the southern portion of Polo Park's parking lot, basically the part between the south end of the mall and Portage Avenue were redeveloped in that way, with a couple of residential towers and maybe some commercial space at the bottom.