Great, so let's get rid of all retail in the area and force more people to get in their cars and drive a couple kms to the next closest retail area. Im sorry but I have no idea what Mississauga is doing, this area is completely devoid of basic retail needs. I mean i dont know, maybe let's start with a small grocer and then we'd actually be getting places.
Sorry but this is a mistake.
Hi Amare!
Well to say that all of the retail is being demolished wouldn’t be accurate. On the site plan the block to the left along Ridgeway is to be retail space.
I grew up near this site and I can tell you that although there was a strip mall, it was underutilized and many units were empty for YEARS. There used to be an IGA grocery store which closed down in the 1990‘s.
There was a Wok-a-Way, a pharmacy, a jerk chicken place, a mosque, and when I turned 4 or 5 I had my birthday party at the „Play-a-saurus“ which also closed down in the 1990‘s.
Not too far away along Colonial Drive is a large retail area between Vega Boulevard and Dundas (Costco, BestBuy, Moore’s, the Brick, Chapters, Solutions, Staples, etc) which is served by bus routes that will connect you at Collegeway and Ridgeway.
And the other side of Ridgeway at this intersection is a large industrial park with some retail, restaurants, and a bakery.
Trust me, what was here previously was not ideal and the parking lot was used for various things like storing unsold new cars, to being a place for teenagers to fire at each other with firecrackers and get into shoot outs, a travelling carnival, and a 1990’s stop for the bookmobile and Oscar Meier Weiner truck (I remember ALL of these things!).
So, in conclusion, this is one of the best things to happen at this site! I am super excited!
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