taal
Senior Member
I think the influence of more affluent people living in the neighborhood (particularly those from Aura, Five, etc) will naturally lead to fewer "super-low-end" stores - and hopefully allow for interesting independent shops (rather than a strip of dentists/dry-cleaners or chain mall stores)
hmm, not sure why you'd think we'd get that either way, that already doesn't exist.
btw this whole dentist/dry-cleaner argument doesn't pan out for the most part. That is in areas that can support more interesting retail (even in the base of condos) that's what we get. A really good example of this is a recent NYCC development, the base is now full of small restaurants / cafes / and the like, and maybe a dentist or two which is fine ...
Generally what happens in other areas where condos just go up and there's not much really that's all the has any chance of surviving (i.e. the dry-cleaners and the like) as there's no foot traffic outside the building alone (or maybe 2 or 3 in the complex), and that's not enough.