10 Manitou | Tri-Cities MEC | U/C

[panamaniac]

Not at all.  That building could be pretty easily expanded, renovated and reclad.  I look at it and see 8 Queen St N, redux. 

Although given the appearance of the parking garage, I really have no confidence in the owners to do anything helpful with the place.

Going off-topic, but Dream Realty needs to tear down the old mall and partner with/sell it off to a developer who would do something actually worthwhile with the site. The tenants in the old Sears portion are worth keeping, and the garage was just renovated and is worth keeping around, but the rest of the building is poorly laid-out and dead from the street.

You mean the former Eatons, now home to the Record?   From the time it was converted into office space, I've had no problem with the former market entrance at Duke and Frederick.  I tend to see it as something separate from the old mall portion.   If it were to come down along with the mall portion, I would hardly shed a tear, but I don't think its very likely that we'll see either come down without at least one more attempt at remodelling.

Anyway, to keep things at least slightly connected to the subject of the thread, MEC in the Stantec building would seem an attractive idea, but I don't think the floor area is there to allow it.  I'm don't think I can think of anything Dowtown that would suit them, short of a new build.