Waterloo Corporate Campus

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Something like this should be mandated on all new developments.  The era of not giving a shoot what your city's commercial developments look like has to be forced to an end.  How are people not revolting against the ugliness of our cities yet?

I don't disagree with what you are saying here, but think about what you are asking. We live in a capitalist society. Big business complain about the low taxes they pay, they 'hate' government telling them what to do. What is more of a reality is the free-market (consumers) will support progressive developments more, and personally I think that is happening already locally. Look at Uptown Waterloo. Are the businesses in the mall doing well, are they leased? Compare them with the retailers and businesses on the outside with street entrances. I can't help to notice that new development posted for Guelph in this thread. Look at the retailers they have leasing compared with the businesses in the dated, suburban plaza across the street.

The free market will force this "new" (but already dated format) Waterloo Corporate Campus to change. They will have a hard time leasing their spaces and/or they won't fetch the same type of leases that they do Uptown Waterloo or in other areas of the Region supporting the type of progressive developments the public would like to see.