TOareaFan
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It's unclear to me why you're not in favour of a downtown location. I feel that a campus there could inject some much needed street life throughout the day, provide a nice urban environment for the students compared to the usual suburban stuff, and would be very well connected by transit (two way GO service, LRT, Zum). Seems pretty ideal to me. If not then my second choice would be Shoppers World, which would help kickstart the redevelopment of a large property next to the planned LRT.
I have nothing against "a downtown location"....just when I objectively rate the potential locations I get it coming 4th (and like I said if I was inclined to look at the current Sheridan location, DT may slip to 5th).....
..........but your post does point out what I think is wrong with the thinking of many of the people pushing (not saying you are pushing but in Brampton many are) for a DT campus.....their motivation has nothing to do with what is the best location for a campus....what offers Ryerson/Sheridan the best hope/chance of creating an exciting attractive learning enviornment.....it is all about "what is the next wave of public investment we can make to make DT Brampton great again!"......the 1st new city hall didn't do it, the Peel museum didn't do it....the Rose didn't do it....Alderlea didn't do it...the expansion of the City Hall didn't do it....so let's try and get Ryerson/Sheridan to compromise on educational considerations because...yeah, the University will do it. Hopefully Ryerson (who we are told is in control of this decision...not the city) will put eduction and student needs above Brampton's unfulfilled DT aspirations. Like I said, we need to stop trying to make our foot fit the shoe....pick the right shoe in the first place.
As for Steeles/Hurontario....it is a good potential location (would likely be my second choice if I am ranking them) but not actually at Shopper's World.....RioCan does not need help "kickstarting" their redevelopment....they have made it pretty clear they are working on getting ready to approach the city for permission to de-mall, reduce the retail component and build a lot of residential units....why get in the way of that by buying land off of them, reducing your tax base and building the uni there......when there is a very significant building just south of the intersection that will soon be vacant and is already in public hands? Shopper's redevelopment will go ahead (and with a nearby campus maybe even quicker) and you can have the university fill what is going to become a fairly significant hole.
EDIT: forgot to add.....it is not clear to me that during the day is when DT Brampton needs people to animate it's street life....with the consolidation of the City's office staff in the DT there seems to be a fair bit of improvement there already.....it is at night, after the civic workers head home at ~5 that the place becomes deserted.
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