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Originally Posted by Cyro
Portage Place is already going through a dramatic change from it's early retail days to a more of an office/business use centre. Was it designed and built for this initially ,no. Does it have to change due to the demographics and issues that surround this location, yes.
In hindsight did the developers see this coming, doubtful. It will have to change to suit the location it was built on and the area that surrounds it today and adapt to the current situation it's facing . It isn't going anywhere.
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Portage Place lost its raison d'etre once Eaton's went under. It was basically the mall linking the big two downtown retail anchors... it was fairly prosperous as long as both of them were going. Eaton's going under and the downtown Bay slowly fading into oblivion has changed that.
Portage Place of 1997 vs. Portage Place today are two wildly different places.