Posted Jul 30, 2008, 7:13 PM
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hähnchenbrüstfiletstüc
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 33,694
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I really disagree with the idea that letting in chains always hurts local businesses (not suggesting people here believe this, but I hear it from time to time in Halifax). There are gaps in the retail available downtown and if they were filled it would become a much more viable destination for shopping for everybody.
The downtown area (SGR or Barrington) needs something like a Chapters/Indigo, H&M/Gap, Future Shop/Best Buy, and urban format Home Depot or maybe Canadian Tire (Home Depot is better). If those popped up suddenly the need to go out to Bayers Lake or Dartmouth Crossing would drop significantly for those living in the city.
Barrington specifically would benefit enormously from a couple of big anchor retailers in spaces like the Roy Building (or the one used by the province for meeting rooms).
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