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Originally Posted by malmsteen
Great photos. Captures the reality pretty well I think.
I've been looking at Hamilton RE from Toronto. I, like another forum member, have also been discouraged by the outrageous property taxes the city wants for buildings that currently stand vacant and non producing.
What is up with that?
I cannot afford Toronto nor do I like it much. I'd be interested in what Hamilton's people think about a good area for my search. I'm not into junkies and I'm not into the Stoney Creek/Mountain thing either.
Barton isnt that differnt from streets like Dufferin in Toronto, or the downtown Jarvis area. Even though Torontonians like to think themselves better - the city is in a pretty steep slide. I came here from BC and was shocked at how delapitated most of Toronto's core is.
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Are you looking for a place to live or a storefront (or both)?
Out of Hamilton's old commercial streets, Locke South and Westdale Village are established, successful and have low vacancy. Ottawa St, James North, King West and International Village are doing well but probably still pretty cheap. Concession St. is on the mountain, but it's not too bad. King East and Main East near The Delta have a lot of potential if LRT is built. Kenilworth Ave is pretty much just like Barton. And there's always downtown.
As for Barton St. itself, there is a lot of new stuff being built near Barton Village these days, research institutes and hospital expansions and possibly another Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart wouldn't be good for the street but this other stuff will bring a lot more people to Barton. At the other end of Barton, the Centre Mall is being replaced by a new Power Centre.