Bonnie Doon Mall Redevelopment | ?m | ?s

What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 27 71.1%

  • I like it

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    38
I took these pictures of the temporary transit plaza last week.
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I am getting the feeling that Morguard (if that is the principal) has no F*ing idea what they are doing and are just reacting to "circumstances on the ground". A little planter here, a little pavement there... no real plan of engagement. And that which has been submitted as a master plan is simply a ruse to keep the public and the City at bay. They are certainly not following the Master Plan that they have made public!
 
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I am getting the feeling that Morguard (if that is the principal) has no F*ing idea what they are doing and are just reacting to "circumstances on the ground". A little planter here, a little pavement there... no real plan of engagement. And that which has been submitted as a master plan is simply a ruse to keep the public and the City at bay. They are certainly not following the Master Plan that they have made public!
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If I recall correctly, this temporary transit plaza is actually the first part of the master plan. The city made it a condition when the approved the plan, and it has to be complete before any other development can happen on the site. I agree with you overall though, as someone who works in the mall. They don't seem to have their act together on many fronts, and I'm honestly shocked that more stores haven't closed down yet.

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Here's some pictures I took today of their progress on the tenporary transit plaza. I saw an internal email saying that they had hit an unexpected issue which caused a delay, but it looks like they're back on track!

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I have noticed from shoppers south that they are doing quite a bit of work to the roof. I knew that was a given as that part of the mall is future phasing. Will be interesting to see if they start on anything in the spring once the LRT is done.

This isn't bee related either before anyone asks. They have had the commercial garbage bins in various spots.
 
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I have noticed from shoppers south that they are doing quite a bit of work to the roof. I knew that was a given as that part of the mall is future phasing. Will be interesting to see if they start on anything in the spring once the LRT is done.

This isn't bee related either before anyone asks. They have had the commercial garbage bins in various spots.
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It appears they are redoing the roof by Shoppers on the west side.
 
Here are some pictures I took today. Vehicle traffic is now being redirected closer to the LRT station, but this will be temporary. As you can see by the gutter placement in the first picture, the new road will be in its original spot but (I believe) be made of paving stone or similar materials to match the aesthetic of the rest of the temporary transit plaza. That's certainly the impression I got from the overhead rendering on the detour map on the fence,
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Progress on the temporary transit plaza as of today. I'll make a mental note to contact the person from Morguard I spoke with a few months ago; hopefully she'll have more info about the progress on planning for phase one of the redevelopment.
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CplKlinger said:
I'll make a mental note to contact the person from Morguard I spoke with a few months ago; hopefully she'll have more info about the progress on planning for phase one of the redevelopment.
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She was very friendly and willing to help me, but did not know anything off-hand. So she asked me to send her an email with my questions, and she would pass them on to her manager who knows more. The outcome was disappointing, to say the least. These are the questions I asked:

"Last I heard, there were two parts of the mall under consideration for the first phase of demolition and redevelopment (please see the attached map), and that preliminary design work had started. I am reaching out to hopefully learn whether the specific spot has yet been identified, and how far along the design work is. The temporary transit plaza, which is a city-mandated prerequisite before any further work could commence, is almost complete. So, is the intention to break ground on phase one within the next couple of years? And what would phase one entail — a mixed-use tower or two, or something smaller in scale? Lastly, once work does begin on phase one, would one still be able to get from one end of the mall to the other from inside the mall? Or would the mall become bisected?"

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This was the response:

"I asked the management team about your request. The suggestion they had was to check for updates here - https://www.instagram.com/connectbonniedoon/ or https://www.facebook.com/connectbonniedoon/ I realize this hasn’t been updated for a while but I think this is the best place to check for updates. Sorry I presently [don't] have any more updated information."

As she hints at, their social media pages have not been updated since 2019. So, I guess we'll just have to wait and see :/
 
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