01-10-2023, 06:16 PM
(01-10-2023, 01:47 PM)Acitta Wrote:(01-10-2023, 12:50 PM)ac3r Wrote: Well there's a 36% vacancy rate downtown. The rents are insanely high, the entire place is a dump due to...you know who, inflation is hitting people still and much more, so it's pretty hard to attract new businesses (and retain the new ones that do open). I wish luck to this restaurant, but won't be surprised if they fail.
I don't think that DTK is a dump and I don't know who you are referring to for being responsible.
I agree with Acitta. It's very much not a dump, and we have far more people and businesses here than before. There is no question that many people do want to live downtown, hence the rents (and house prices) are relatively higher downtown than further away. Some people certainly don't want to live downtown, but that's OK, too.
That's not to say that we don't have issues to work on, but I'm cautiously optimistic that the regional and city councils are (albeit ever so slowly) moving in the right direction on these.