Quote:
Originally Posted by eternallyme
The biggest loser? The suburbs. I think suburban regional malls would take a serious hit if everything sets up around Rideau Street. They will simply put be squeezed out between the super-regional Rideau area and the community shopping areas/malls.
|
Good riddance! I would love to see a revival of Rideau as a the high end shopping nexus it used to be thanks to the Rideau expansion, Saks, Simons, Nordstrom, a revival of Hudson's Bay and possibly stretching the shopping district east on Rideau and north on Sussex as well as the Confederation Line.
Even with these improvements we still have a long way to go with better condo developments with room for more high end retail (Holt Renfrew), a few new hotels (Hyatt at the old Union Building and a new hotel at the Rideau Centre or Arts Court) and eventually a King Eds tunnel and possibly a Rideau Subway.
Another huge problem we need to address NOW is the STO buses. Get those off Rideau au plus câlisse. Maybe we should build a bus station in the King Eds tunnel and connect it to the Rideau via a pedestrian tunnel.
Threaded Mode