12-02-2017, 10:36 PM
Quote:Mall emerging as Cambridge multiplex front runner
CAMBRIDGE — Tear down an abandoned Sears store and build four rinks and a double-gym in its place.
That's the gist of Cambridge's slowly evolving sports multiplex future.
It's the new preferred skates-and-sneakers option city staff want to pursue with Morguard Real Estate, owner of the Cambridge Centre mall.
The idea is to build ice sheets and hard courts on the central Cambridge transit-hub spot, which can be leased from a mall that already has its own hockey rink next to a food court.
On Monday night, city council will be asked to allow city staff to negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the Hespeler Road mall's owners.
Seems like a good plan to me. Between rinks, an athletic court, a movie theatre, a bowling alley, and laser tag, the mall should be busier than it ever was with Zellers and Sears.