Don’t be surprised if the development turns into a Deerfoot City with some apartments around it. Seen a lot of commercial developers that want diversify holdings like this talk about a “horizontal mixed-use” that seems to be traditional, strip mall/big box one storey commercial surrounded by apartments in a very car-oriented development pattern. Horizontal mixed-use being a stand in for segregated land uses that still allow for excessive auto mobility and a pretty inefficient use of the land. Same conversations these folks have about having surface parking being an interim use with limited plans for increased urbanity. seems like the conservatism of the city translated to “density and urbanism”, which ends up in a disappointing half-baked version of a denser mixed-use development.