But Eglinton, particularly outside of the central stretch, has a lot more big box commercial and old industrial properties (I'm thinking the Caledonia area for example). It's much easier to do a comprehensive redevelopment on properties like this, because you aren't expropriating someone's home to do it. These properties are owned by businesses, and if it makes business sense for them to sell it, they will sell. This especially holds true if it's a chain store, because there's even less sentimental attachment by the company compared to a family-owned business.
These types of properties don't exist along Bloor, at least not until you get out past Kipling. The example you brought up is a valid comparison for Eglinton between say Dufferin and Bayview, but outside of that there are a lot of non-residential properties that are ripe for redevelopment if an LRT station were to be put in the area.
This is why I think adding in some stops on the Georgetown line between St. Clair and Fort York would be great. There are so many under-used industrial properties along that stretch that can be redeveloped into some pretty intense TOD neighbourhoods.
What I hope they do with Eglinton is around every station, identify properties that could potentially be redeveloped, and create Secondary Land Use Plans for the area around every stop along the line.
