12-25-2015, 04:11 PM
What I'm really, really curious about is to see how Northdale will evolve in the next 10+ years. Beside development, I wonder how will it grow socially, as a neighbourhood and how it will integrate with the rest of the city. What kinds of businesses will open and be supported, how much of the convertible frontages will be converted to commercial and how many will stay as residential, what will happen with the rest of the older low density houses and orphaned lots - will new, independent businesses open like a bed and breakfast, a small breakfast place, etc... and of course how will the demographics evolve? So far I know that around 10% of residents in some of the newly built projects after the rezoning are occupied by their owners (young professionals)... then the question about ethnic diversity as well. I'm really excited to see all this evolving!