For me, making the city big leagues is rapid transit. Not bus rapid transit, but grade-separated light rail, or whatnot.
I would prefer to have an IKEA than not have an IKEA, but I wouldn't be devastated if it did not materialize. I worry a bit about more hollowing out, as the usual bric-a-brac big box and strip malls that would pop up around a new IKEA would suck even more life out of White Oaks, Westmount, and existing retail plazas.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
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