09-07-2017, 01:28 PM
(09-07-2017, 11:42 AM)Markster Wrote:(09-07-2017, 09:48 AM)panamaniac Wrote: The only viable Canadian locations would be Toronto/GTA or Montreal. Too big for any other of our urban areas, istm. Although if the Province undertook to fast-track the HSR (so to speak!) ...
At first I was wondering why you left out Vancouver, but then I realized that they are currently located only a few hours from there!
The only way I could imagine KW having a chance would be if we had mature counter-peak train traffic from Toronto. Amazon wants access to a large pool of potential employees, and we are not big enough. Amazon is a rare breed, an urban tech mega-company. If they were to choose Toronto, I would expect to see them locate in a downtown skyscraper within the Union catchment.
In Toronto, I think more likely a Quarry Lands development than an existing downtown skyscraper.
Edit: Nix that, it looks like that train has left the station. But a brownfield development would still be a better fit if an urban location.