(09-15-2015, 09:57 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(09-14-2015, 09:25 PM)numberguy Wrote: Like it or not, for retail in KW easy parking is a necessity.
(09-15-2015, 07:26 AM)numberguy Wrote: Ease of parking trumps almost all in retail.
If you repeat it often enough, maybe it will become an Internet meme?
While parking matters, especially for suburban malls, I think this is a gross oversimplification.
Okay. Walk through the downtown malls. Compare to suburban malls. Enjoy a vape. Nothing but 1 subsidized anchor in Market Square, a headshop, and a nail shop there.
If people can't go easily there, it ain't happening. Compare anchor tenants at Boardwalk, Market Square and Uptown mall. CIGI has been trying to rent for 6 months, no dice. Ask the Farmer's Market effort downtown in Kitchener.