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Originally Posted by AuxTown
As a westender I've always shopped at Bayshore or Rideau. The few times I have been to St. Laurent I am always struck by how 'closed-in' it feels in many of the hallways Unfortunately, to achieve the high ceilings and natural light that Bayshore has this mall would need to be levelled.
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I see this as an opportunity. For the city and for Morguard.
They are sitting on land abutting a transit station, a major avenue and a highway. The mall is a 15 min LRT ride from the core and 10 min drive. Are there any other large plots of land that are so strategically located that are ripe for redevelopment?
And it's not a small plot either. It's more than 16 hectares/40 acres. That's roughly the size of Parliament Hill or Lansdowne. They should be able to build a whole village there. Something akin to Zibi.
If the ambition is there, they could even straighten out Coventry better to make a proper Ogilvie-Coventry corridor.
That said, it's Ottawa. So I expect we'll just get a few condos in the parking lot. Like at Gloucester Centre.