08-05-2020, 02:57 PM
With the infill that has occurred south of Willis Way, I think it's inevitable that the mall will be redeveloped. It would be a challenging project, I think. It would be nice to keep Valumart, and have and expanded space for it. I'm thinking having access to underground parking at a fully-signalized intersection at Father David Bauer, and then making Willis Way fully pedestrianized and have exposed frontage for the store along Caroline. The loading zone could then be located adjacent to the LRT tracks where it would have less of an impact on the Caroline streetscape. Underground parking for Valumart would then free up space in the current lot for redevelopment.
Re: the creek, the region's GIS site shows it north of the tracks, crossing the tracks right around where the plaza starts.
Re: the creek, the region's GIS site shows it north of the tracks, crossing the tracks right around where the plaza starts.