This depends on how the city and developers strategize to gain population downtown. Incentives are great for developers which I have witnessed since 1993 to stimulate the warehouse district but incentives for developers was the only aspect of direct application. It would be nice if we approach other means as well that clearly targets the population and entice them to move downtown. I hate to tell you this, this paradigm will be a failure if there are no children and no teens living downtown. I have read articles in the journal where young families were pushed out because their baby made too much noise from crying during the oilsands boom...
If this is the central gathering place for the city, kids have to be involved not just suits, ties and the adults. What establishments will cater to them? What areas of this juncture has been established for folks that are not drinkers, and is there a zone for such clienteles?