Hamilton Development

[jeffster]

I'm not sure that, in Kitchener's case, that the repurposed mall is going in the wrong direction. What DTK needs is more people living, shopping, working and, yes, educating themselves, there. It's difficult to say how large these campus will become, but I can imagine that in a few years it will be quite large, and will be a good economic boom for the downtown core.

Whatever the case, I know a lot of people want something different there; many wanted the new "Aud" to have been built there. But clearly this isn't happening either.

I am totally in agreement in regards to people living, working and going to school in the downtown. My argument is that if Conestoga college had chosen a different building to set up shop temporarily and maybe eventual build a purpose built space like the mcmaster pharmacy school that would have been more favorable than propping up a blight on the downtown like Market Square. as long as there are tenants to rent the space I don't think we will ever be rid of this block unfortunately.

I am thinking that eventually they could make this building more pleasing to the eye. How exactly, I am not sure. I could see eventually Conestoga taking over other buildings in the area, including the tower, if all works well.

I am just thinking though that razing the property and creating something worthwhile is going to be a massive development, especially since the site seems to be well use.