I'd really love to see this space activated with a restaurant or similar usage with a patio,.
I wish the townhouse development on the rest of the block was never built like it is. There should be retail/commercial/services/community spaces at ground level here and the design putting all the garbage cans right out front on the main street and on the sidewalks is a negative to the area. Especially frustrating since there's a laneway around back, but it's used just for parking not garbage.
I wonder if we might see portions of them sell and be redeveloped into higher density in time.