Waterloo Corporate Campus

[MidTowner]

Sure, it's "hard to make it work", but do you see any harm in building it that way? If even a few of the malls built this way eventually do transition to majority streetfront entrances, then I'd say it's still a success.

Well-put. On Northfield, if these had been built that way, maybe one day enough people from the nearby Ion station or offices would use the sidewalks, and Northfield could be given a street diet to foster that, creating a virtuous cycle. If there's no reason at all to walk on Northfield, however...