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Originally Posted by trueviking
It isn't inevitable. To me the discussion should be, how do we help it, not what do we do with it after. Cutting a hole in the middle and redeveloping it costs $100-million. No private developer will do that without huge government subsidies.
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Do any of these donut-ification schemes and numbers still maintain The Bay's presence at all, or is it a complete conversion and reuse of the whole building? Maintaining 1 or 2 floors of retail would be hugely beneficial for downtown, despite probably being extremely expensive just to bring existing spaces up to code.
It's a shame The Bay won't invest at all in the store. I imagine no longer owning the parkade probably doesn't help them out at all. I used to make the trip there but have switched to Polo Park instead as the downtown store stopped carrying a lot of brands I buy.