12-07-2015, 03:03 PM
This development could stand to learn from what I've been seeing go up in suburban Toronto.
Here, at Midland/McNicoll, there's a street-adjacent retail building. The parking is around the back. The building has been built with street-accessible entrances, and parking-accessible entrances for each unit. It is up to the individual retailer to decide which one they want to be their front door. It allows the development to be parking-facing in the early years, but if the street ever becomes more active, then there can be a very natural transition. Some could even potentially use both entrances simultaneously.
Here, at Midland/McNicoll, there's a street-adjacent retail building. The parking is around the back. The building has been built with street-accessible entrances, and parking-accessible entrances for each unit. It is up to the individual retailer to decide which one they want to be their front door. It allows the development to be parking-facing in the early years, but if the street ever becomes more active, then there can be a very natural transition. Some could even potentially use both entrances simultaneously.