Mountain Plaza

[HamiltonBoyInToronto]

Now if only someone would buy up all of the houses along upper James and tear them all down and put in some proper residential/commercial mixed use buildings in their place

[King&James]

Originally Posted by HamiltonBoyInToronto

Now if only someone would buy up all of the houses along upper James and tear them all down and put in some proper residential/commercial mixed use buildings in their place

That would be a massive redevelopment project, so many crappy converted houses.

[RaginRonic]

From the look of those plans, it looks like they want to demolish the rest of the remaining original building.

If I had've had a say in that, I'dve used the space beside the LCBO for 5 more stores(Ardene, Dollarama, GNC, Payless, and Subway), and seen if there was space for a drive-thru Tims.

To me, it does look like the major national retailers will be coming out of the original building, while all the local businesses will have to relocate elsewhere or just simply close their doors.

=P

[movingtohamilton]

Originally Posted by RaginRonic

... and seen if there was space for a drive-thru Tims. ...

Do we really need another drive-thru? Can't we get a little more progressive in Hamilton? There are so many in this city as it is.

[realcity]

Originally Posted by RaginRonic

From the look of those plans, it looks like they want to demolish the rest of the remaining original building.

If I had've had a say in that, I'dve used the space beside the LCBO for 5 more stores(Ardene, Dollarama, GNC, Payless, and Subway), and seen if there was space for a drive-thru Tims.

To me, it does look like the major national retailers will be coming out of the original building, while all the local businesses will have to relocate elsewhere or just simply close their doors.

=P

This sucks. I liked that mall. I was okay with a portion still standing. But this is so ten years ago in the US regional malls. They're making urban street walls and pedestrian only with tons of mixed use calling them Lifestyle Centres. This is nothing.

[Sehnsucht]

Originally Posted by realcity

This sucks. I liked that mall. I was okay with a portion still standing. But this is so ten years ago in the US regional malls. They're making urban street walls and pedestrian only with tons of mixed use calling them Lifestyle Centres. This is nothing.

Agreed. The design of that 'smart centre' is absurd. Cut off from the street entirely but emulating a real street wall still as though they have no clue about basic urban planning principles.

The worst is the ocean of parking in the centre and just how thoughtless these developers are. Walking into the LCBO is a daredevil exercise. Blow it up and start over. Have a real plan instead of just dropping boxes randomly.

[ccheck7]

New FC: FC-23-083

651 Upper James Street

To develop one, 15-storey multiple dwelling with 224 residential units; three, 20-storey mixed-use multiple dwellings with 606 residential units; 3 single storey commercial units and an expansion to the existing Walmart.