VaultBoy
Active Member
WEM should do residential or an expansion on the lots adjacent to the station
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policyenthusiast
Senior Member
But imagine how much more parking could be added!
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
I'm still baffled that nothing has been done with residential there.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Does the mall doesn't have any money to do any expansion, all their money is tied up in the other properties they have
Offworld
Active Member
I'm not. The market size for people willing to live above/adjacent to an under-maintained mall surrounded by parking and traffic can't be that big.
johnnyboy
Active Member
Sshhh... we're trying to convince developers that there's absolutely a market to do this with the ECC.
degrandprix
Active Member
Wouldn't it be super convenient being able to walk to any of the mall's stores and services without even putting on a jacket? Why aren't apartments above malls more common?
inclusion
Active Member
They are in most places where malls are built into blocks because of less land being available, versus places with a ton of land for standalone buildings. Look at NYC, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, etc. Plenty of shopping centres with towers above. It is tough in places with suburban malls since you often have so much land to build as much housing next to the mall as you want.
IanO
Superstar
It will come at some point and has been proposed in the past.
Agard
Active Member
Do you have any info on past proposals?
IanO
Superstar
It's out there and ~15yrs ago.