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Originally Posted by Don't Be That Guy
62 St./ Flemming Bridge site owned by the URA. There's no residential or redevelopment pressure in that area. And it has direct access to Hwy 28. However, Amazon would have to build a facility there and deal with city approvals, while the Sears site is an existing warehouse and can be done by-right.
The Amazon facility is a needed use, but 51st Street is a wasted opportunity for better and higher uses. I'd say the city and neighborhood bit themselves in the backside with this.
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I think that could potentially be a better site, but as BrianTH mentions above, it's still riverfront... even though the train tracks do run much closer to the bank there. It is a bit more out of the way, especially since that Sunoco tank facility sits adjacent. And it's likely to not garner too much development interest for residential, given the tracks and Sunoco.
The Amazon occupancy sounds like a done deal, so I'm resigned to that fact. I just don't think it's where Lawrenceville wanted to go. I'm bullish on recreational and residential development (and maybe a decent bar or restaurant!
) on the riverfronts. And I guess anything that runs fully counter to that, like a distribution warehouse, just doesn't sit well with me.