Bonnie Doon Mall Redevelopment | ?m | ?s

[wormwood]

Movement at Bonnie Doon or just in general?

Bonnie Doon

 

[CplKlinger]

Bonnie Doon

Thanks for the insider scoop; I used to work at that mall and I'm so excited to see this project come to life.

 

[Gronk!]

Mr Mikes is opening soon by the south entrance

 

[CplKlinger]

Mr Mikes is opening soon by the south entrance

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Amazing! I worked at the M&M there (RIP) when the Tony Romas across the hall closed in around 2018. I'm surprised it took so long for something to replace it, but Mr. Mikes will be worth the wait.

 

[MacLac]

Amazing! I worked at the M&M there (RIP) when the Tony Romas across the hall closed in around 2018. I'm surprised it took so long for something to replace it, but Mr. Mikes will be worth the wait.

Get the Blue hair crowd back that frequented the now defunct Tony Romas.....hopefully they'll have "hot soup" for them....lol

 

[Glenco]

Get the Blue hair crowd back that frequented the now defunct Tony Romas.....hopefully they'll have "hot soup" for them....lol

You are not funny just very rude

 

[MacLac]

You are not funny just very rude

Now that's "funny!"

 

[MacLac]

You are not funny just very rude

Never heard of the term "blue hairs," I take it......not a derogatory term at all.....their hair is so grey it looks blue.....need to relax bro......I'm half grey - don't hurt my feelings....

 

[Gronk!]

I walked thru the rest of the mall. Despite the LRT ridership, it's still the same old shops and the same old empty CRUs. Mind you, trying to walk between the LRT stop and the mall entrance is rather inconvenient.

 

[wormwood]

I walked thru the rest of the mall. Despite the LRT ridership, it's still the same old shops and the same old empty CRUs. Mind you, trying to walk between the LRT stop and the mall entrance is rather inconvenient.

lol. how exactly is it inconvenient? They created an accessible, well lit, well landscaped path with beautiful benches.

 

[Gronk!]

lol. how exactly is it inconvenient? They created an accessible, well lit, well landscaped path with beautiful benches.

Green: optimal, efficient route
Red: what we're being given instead

TransEd has fenced off the LRT station from the mall.

 

[thommyjo]

This thing not getting redeveloped but us looking to build south of 41ave is a problem imo. Can mall redevelopments work without us seeing real estate rise 20%? Is that what it takes?

 

[NicolBolas]

Reminds me of the Kingsway stop that isn't even close to Kingsway.

 

[NicolBolas]

I walked thru the rest of the mall. Despite the LRT ridership, it's still the same old shops and the same old empty CRUs. Mind you, trying to walk between the LRT stop and the mall entrance is rather inconvenient.

I've got an honest question.

Doesn't transit oriented communities really even matter in Edmonton? Most people don't work downtown and if you were to use it to say commute from Clairview to Millwoods it would take twice as long as driving...

What's the upside?

 

[whattheheck]

Isn't it frustrating? The city has identified multiple TOD sites and not even Century Park is finished after all these years! Holyrood seems to be scaling back to wood frame. (and ugly ones at that!) Whatever happened to the towers at Mill Woods? Stadium Yards seems to be the exception.

All this population growth and TOD's remain, for the most part, not worthy for the private sector to dive in to. All this anger over infill. Perhaps the city should incentivize TOD sites before ruining mature neighbourhoods with 8plexes.