TORONTO-Trinity Development Group is working with New York City-based GreenbergFarrow to design the 550,000-square-foot planned Stockyards on St. Clair retail project. The site at Weston and St. Clair will feature mid-box and smaller stores surrounding a three-deck parking garage.
The property on the west side of the city was once home to stockyards and packing plants. This 20-acre parcel held a food processing site. However, residential towers and big-box retail such as Walmart and Home Depot have gone up nearby, forcing the urbanization of the area, says GreenbergFarrow Principal John Clifford.
“There’s already a lot of big boxes around, but what’s missing is the medium-box size, say the size of a Bed Bath & Beyond or a Marshall’s,” Clifford tells GlobeSt.com.
He says his firm has designed the open-air mall into four blocks on two stories that surround the parking decks. The design needs to attract drivers as well as foot traffic, Clifford says. “This site will have people walking to it, with the residential nearby, as well as a streetcar trolley line that runs right along the property,” he says.
The project is scheduled to open in 2012. PetSmart, the Shoe Co. and Best Buy are reported to be signed to the center.
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