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Originally Posted by logan5
Great opportunity to create a great transit/retail centre, depending on how well these developments are designed to integrate with the station.
This is the busiest transit hub in the city, so a large retail centre could easily be supported here. I hope the City is focusing on a maximum outcome for station integration and retail access for commuters.
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The development at Broadway & Commercial will be stand-alone, not integrated. There's no practical way to integrate without TransLink altering the station - and they already recently upgraded the station entrance.
As TransLink bought the Shoppers building on the north side of the street, that presumably has an opportunity to get better integrated into the station if/when they choose to redevelop it, (although if they add a tower there will be less main floor retail space on the site as they'll need lobbies, elevators and stairwells).
Waterfront is the busiest transit hub in the city, and doesn't really have a big retail presence. Major transfer points often only function as quick pick-up retail opportunities, (much the same as already exists as retail stores at this location). The Commercial / Broadway stations will have much lower boarding numbers once the 99 B-Line no longer terminates there.
The site is tight, and there's only a small (1,619) sq ft proposed retail store fronting Broadway, with a wider sidewalk in front. The rest of the main floor is the commercial and residential entrances, loading spaces, and the ramp to the parkade.
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