'abomination'
so the reviews are coming in for smartcentres' proposed alcan development and so far they ain't good.
a public hearing last night railed against the proposal to plop a new sprawlmart and crappy tire tucked in behind the wendy's and shoppers. it's a big project and one hot on the heels of the king's crossing development that's been taking over the north end. the combined heft of just the one alcan development would, in theory, equal the whole of downtown kingston's retail space.
gah.
what is more, the alcan project would sidetrack another plan underway to bring a 'high-tech business park' to the area from queen's. i'm not sure if there would be overlap as i had heard earlier that queen's was earmarking the eastern flank of the site near the apartments at the beginning of concession. there was a kerfluffle about the potential for this development to uproot the baseball diamonds and fields there...
i'll post some pics of the site in a bit - for now here are the links to smartcentres (click on 'our centres' on the right, select ontario and kingston), the whig story and kings crossing for a recap of the 401 plaza-ish thing that throws a monkey wrench into these new proposals.
howard sloan, a proponent of the plan, said that having a home-improvement store so close to the downtown would "cut my fuel and travel time in half". as the rona on princess is located just about 3.5 km from the alcan site this would mean that howard lives around division and princess... man, just think... he could save 8 minutes off his commute!
a public hearing last night railed against the proposal to plop a new sprawlmart and crappy tire tucked in behind the wendy's and shoppers. it's a big project and one hot on the heels of the king's crossing development that's been taking over the north end. the combined heft of just the one alcan development would, in theory, equal the whole of downtown kingston's retail space.
gah.
what is more, the alcan project would sidetrack another plan underway to bring a 'high-tech business park' to the area from queen's. i'm not sure if there would be overlap as i had heard earlier that queen's was earmarking the eastern flank of the site near the apartments at the beginning of concession. there was a kerfluffle about the potential for this development to uproot the baseball diamonds and fields there...
i'll post some pics of the site in a bit - for now here are the links to smartcentres (click on 'our centres' on the right, select ontario and kingston), the whig story and kings crossing for a recap of the 401 plaza-ish thing that throws a monkey wrench into these new proposals.
howard sloan, a proponent of the plan, said that having a home-improvement store so close to the downtown would "cut my fuel and travel time in half". as the rona on princess is located just about 3.5 km from the alcan site this would mean that howard lives around division and princess... man, just think... he could save 8 minutes off his commute!
posted by Ottawan Dave | 10:53 a.m.
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