Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!stewartw
From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Sunday Shopping (Con)
Message-ID: <7790@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 89 16:30:03 GMT
References: <1989Dec20.222459.21666@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <65018@looking.on.ca>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Distribution: ont
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <65018@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>That whole parking lot, all that land, is there to handle that peak
>demand.   Allow Sunday for shopping, and that peak is almost halved.
>The two days in fact, become not a lot more than the evenings.

  Actually the parking lots serve a dual purpose.  They allow retailers to
locate their stores set back from the streets with large empty space in
front.  This enables the consumer to see the stores better and is a big
drawing card for the retailers.  Also, this can only happen when land
is not worth a great deal of money.  Downtowns usually are occupied by
parking garages rather than large parking lots.  If the land those parking
lots were on became more valuable it would become developed via mall
expansion or new buildings.

 Stewart
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