[buildings]

rather than concentrating on getting more of what we already have (grocery stores), I'd prefer that we try to get what we DON"T have; hardware store, shoes, clothing, furniture (Rona, Simon's, Ikea). Maybe some of those could also fill in bits of the Quarters, or repurpose some of the under utilized extra parking at Unity Square, say, between Beer Revolution and MEC.

 

[buildings]

Some may argue that big box stores such as these require their own massive parking but if a Home Depot can exist in downtown Manhattan, then it can exist in downtown Edmonton. https://www.google.com/maps/place/M...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

 

[IanO]

That's a stretch... but not impossible if we had 50-100k living Downtown.

 

[buildings]

^just making the point that such stores can exist in a dense urban environment. Further, they don't need to be the same size as found at SEC. Urban format sized stores can be a thing. Notice how Best Buy is now putting small format stores into places that wouldn't fit a full sized store such as WEM and Sherwood Park mall.