-Cogswell interchange
A proper downtown transit terminal combined with high rise office towers. I'm still holding onto the idea that somehow a new Metro Centre should be built here as well, if possible.
-The Birks lot (downtown)
Retail. Big box retail, something to draw people to the area, with office space on top.
-Corner of Spring Garden and Queen
Library. Yes, this is a prime site for retail, but I don't believe a library should be removed from this location. Libraries are important spaces to a lot of people, and moving it out of an area it's been in for a long time, especially one like Spring Garden which is primarily used by people who get there on foot is not a good idea.
Besides, I still don't see how a library and retail could not coexist. The noise issue is a moot point, as buildings can be soundproofed quite well. The SG/Queen lot is quite a large plot of land, even if they filled up the street fronts with retail, there's still plenty of space for a library.
-Corner of Spring Garden and Brunswick
Why doesn't HRM hold onto this building. If Judith Hare is so insistent upon huge meeting and performance spaces, why not turn the old library building into just that? Meeting rooms on the upper floor, a theater of some sorts on the main floor..
-QEH
Part of this land should go towards the expansion of the Infirmary's ER. This is a needed expansion, and there really isn't anywhere else to expand to. As for tThe rest of the space, I don't really know. Something community-oriented, but tied into the Common some how.
-Empty lot on Robie St across from QEH (sandwiched between Pepperell and Shirley st)
Maybe something residential. Large scale though, not a bunch of 5 story buildings.
-A number of empty lots on Gottingen St.
Heh, I really can't comment much on Gottingen. As far as I'm concerned that whole area should start from scratch, but I admit that's a poor solution