Glenco
Senior Member
From my experience it can sometimes take up to a week before they are emptied. If it is a bus stop it is transit responsibility.
|
|
|
Edmonton City Centre Mall (Renovations) | ?m | 2s | LaSalle Investment Management
- Thread starter Daveography
- Start date
Glenco
Senior Member
Very bad idea. Seniors don’t spend very much money on food, drinks clothing or entertainment. If the developers want to attract retail in the podium this would not be much of an attraction. There are many other places close to downtown that would be more suitable.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Please a share weblink to the news article?
Last edited:
The_Cat
Senior Member
I think the old Centennial Building on 103 Avenue (with an access to City Centre) has seniors living.
archited
Senior Member
Actually, Retail data disproves that notion. Maybe your Seniors don't, but my Seniors do.
IanO
Superstar
Boomers spend, but don't consume like a 15-45yr old does.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
It is not a matter of pure ageism. Statistically speaking, people over the ages of 65 years spend less money on items such as clothing and entertainment. They tend to have higher expenses in healthcare and travels, for example.
archited
Senior Member
Y'all should also check the roster of any Golf and Country Club and season-ticket holders at major sporting events. And if you include dining out as entertainment then you might toss that into the mix as well (we tend to eat out with friends at least three times a week, no exceptions). All generalizations are false (including this one).
archited
Senior Member
At this point all boomers are seniors and they outspend GenZ (up to age 25) by 150%. And if it wasn't for the housing burden on GenX and Millennials the numbers would be fairly close across the board. But, unsubstantiated, believe what you want.
David A
Senior Member
What I noticed they did several years ago around one of the problematic bars was a clean up on Sunday morning - that was a good idea, not sure if that is still scheduled.
Another problem is things pile up in the winter and it seems there is no big clean up until May or June, so we have garbage everywhere for a month or half or two. For goodness sake clean it up in late March or in early April, don't wait until summer.
David A
Senior Member
Uh, I think all the safety issues would have to be dealt with first. If 35 years old are leery and hesitant to go downtown, you think it is going to apeal to a 75 or 80 year old?
Well actually maybe they are tougher.
I think it would force the issue in a positive way. City Center Mall is private property, they are allowed to kick anyone out for any reason. But they haven't been just kicking out unsavory elements because of the public outcry (largely from suburbanites who conveniently never even come downtown).
If there were some bona fide constituents in that mall that were sympathetic to the public and had plenty of spare time to complain, I think it would start to clean up.
David A
Senior Member
Its not quite as noticeable here, but housing costs for young people in many places are horribly large, so there really is not much disposable income these days. There is not a lot of money left over for discretionary things like clothing and entertainment, which is sure not good for mall retail businesses.
Of course, boomers don't spend a lot on clothing either, but a bit more on entertainment.
archited
Senior Member
Boomers don't spend that much on clothing because they already have a huge wardrobe (you should have seen my mother's closets -- yes, more than one) -- what they do spend tends to be upper end and more fashionable.
Greenspace
Senior Member
I am hopeful that won't happen this year for several reasons, 1) new cleaning strategy coming, 2) big cleanup in preparation for the Juno Awards.