Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

[tomh009]

But if there was retail? A café, restaurant or two, maybe a late night modest bar, a tiny grocery store, a post office, a McDonald's and Popeye's, Western Union, a bank, florist?

If you are a business owner, and contemplating a location downtown, would you choose one inside the transit hub, out of sight for any pedestrians (or drivers!) not heading there, given that we'll have at most one GO departure per hour? Or would you choose one of the many high-quality street-fronting retail locations available in downtown?

If I were in that position ... I just don't anticipate a level of foot traffic inside the station that would justify opening a location there, from a business point of view.

As nice as it would be for the people who do pass through there.