Speaking purely in the public interest, we could hardly imagine a modest commercial project that would be more useful to the residents of this area than a new Hyundai dealership at the corner of Laird Drive and Industrial Street. The post below carries the news. Let’s list the reasons why this project should receive rapid approval. First, it will remove a blight of vacant houses and other doubtful structures from Laird Drive. Second, it offers a tangible improvement to neighborhoods which have been notoriously under serviced. Third, it might inspire other auto firms to sponsor dealerships to locate in the area. There’s great demand for convenient sales and service. The people of Leaside, Moore Park, Bennington Heights, Eglinton East and Lawrence Park would surely respond well. The bankruptcy of GM in 2009 brought an end to an ambitious plan for an auto centre in the old railway yard on Laird. It also killed off Brennan Pontiac. Here’s a chance to get going again.
Anything that does not bring enormous traffic volume to Leaside (think Smartcentres to the north – expansion coming! – and the moronic proposals on Bayview/Broadway) is an improvement.