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The death and life of Shoppers World Brampton
Shoppers World Brampton is destined for development as an urban mixed-use hub. The planning details have now been revealed. Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Hurontario Street, Hurontario-Main, LRT, RioCan, Shoppers World, Shopping
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The future of Downtown Brampton
Metrolinx-owned houses on Railroad Street, Brampton Over the last three years, I have been following developments in Downtown Brampton, especially lands surrounding the Brampton GO Station. In April 2016, Metrolinx, the provincial agency responsible for GO Transit, began buying properties … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Downtown, GO Transit, Metrolinx, Ryerson
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What’s next for Downtown Brampton?
Boarded up houses on Elizabeth Street, Downtown Brampton Earlier this year, the provincial government announced the location of Ryerson University’s Brampton campus, a partnership with Sheridan College, to be built on the GO Station parking lot in Downtown Brampton. Meanwhile, … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Politics, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Downtown, GO Transit, Markham, Milton, Ryerson, Sheridan College
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Requiem for Ontario’s regional malls
Shoppers World Brampton, 2016, before the Target store was replaced by smaller stores, including Giant Tiger Recently, I wrote about the history of Ontario’s downtown malls. Most of these shopping centres, built in the 1970s and 1980s in the downtown … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Ontario, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Dead Mall, Mall, Shoppers World, Shopping, Suburbs, TVO
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A tale of two university campuses
Site of Brampton’s new Ryerson/Sheridan campus Last week, the provincial government announced two new post-secondary educational campuses in Toronto’s fast-growing western suburbs, due to open in 2022. Wilfrid Laurier University will be partnering with Conestoga College on a new facility … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Infrastructure, Ontario, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Milton, Ontario, Ryerson, Sheridan College, TVO
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Ontario’s failed downtown malls
Bayside Mall, formerly the Sarnia Eaton Centre, on a Saturday morning in 2013. Most stores are vacant or occupied by non-profits or independent businesses. The Toronto Eaton Centre, large, famous, and vital, is only one of many malls built in … Continue reading
Posted in Development, History, Ontario, Urban Planning
Tagged Brantford, Chatham, Cornwall, Dead Mall, Downtown, Eaton's, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Ontario, Peterborough, Retail, Sarnia, Shopping, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Tillsonburg, Waterloo
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