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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
what will happen to the old dealerships on Wharncliffe Road south and Oxford street? E.g., Highbury Ford?
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Mega methadone clinics.
But seriously folks... I doubt that there will be much effect at dealerships on the west side of town. They are far enough away. I think the question is quite legit for any dealership on the east side of town though. One the comes to mind is the Ford dealership on Dundas just east of Highbury. Can't imagine that it will stick around.
This "auto mall" development is much like the proposed mega big box complex south of the 401: if it simply siphons off existing businesses from their current locations, and those locations don't get a replacement land use of equivalent value, it is not growing the economy. The same can be said about job creation: if there is little creation of new jobs, or mainly just the creation of McJobs, then these types of developments are simply making a handful of rich people who mainly live in Toronto richer at the determent of the community as a whole.