Parking in Waterloo Region

[tomh009]

The Bram Street yards would be ideal for a convention centre/office/condo towers.  The location is very accessible via Victoria street. Plus with the future transportation hub right there.....

I think the point is that the Bramm Lots are ~10 minute walk from Central Station.  There are many other parking lots that could be developed first that are closer and will support a higher density today.  And developing Bramm into a low density use right now would be a bad plan.  A large dense development would be fine, but given how much closer space there is, may not be feasible.

The distance from Bramm St to King St (along Victoria St) is less than 500m. If the yards were developed, one would hope for a similar-length trail along the railway tracks to avoid having to walk to Victoria St.

And, yes, I agree that low density for the yards doesn't make sense for the long term. But given that it's next to the 1 Victoria/Garment St/Glove Box complex, it should be able to support higher density even now.