Beyond Aesthetics: Assessing the Value of Strip Mall Retail in Toronto

Linovski, Orly

doi:10.1080/13574809.2011.646247

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“…However, compared with the most successful inner-city Business Improvement Areas, which are typified by compact built forms, mixed uses, buildings with historic and architectural value, and pedestrian-friendly streets, the suburban strip malls are the exact opposite: They are disadvantaged by physical and structural barriers to rejuvenation and public gathering. These strip malls could easily be targeted for intensification and redevelopment, as suggested by Linovski (2012), which could translate to increased pressure on the current ethnic businesses which look less desirable from a conventional urban design perspective. These two strip malls illustrate the challenges faced by the majority of ethnic strips in this study: They shared similar re-adaptation processes associated with immigrant settlement patterns but are facing an uncertain future.…”

Section: Ethnic Succession and Redevelopment Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous empirical studies have reported how ethnic communities have significantly transformed existing suburban neighbourhoods and resulted in municipal conflicts related to land use, built form, traffic and parking control, economic development, place-making, and community engagement (Fincher et al, 2014;Harwood, 2005;Linovski, 2012;Lung-Amam, 2015;Poppe & Young, 2015;Zhuang, 2019;Zhuang & Chen, 2017). Obstacles facing municipalities may include but not limited to the following: lack of cultural competence, systemic inequality, ineffective community outreach, lack of social infrastructure policy, and imbalanced social and economic priorities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Negotiation of Space and Rights: Suburban Planning with Diversity

Zhuang

2021

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The increasing suburbanization of immigrant settlement in Canada’s major receiving cities has created unprecedented challenges for municipalities. Despite emerging research about the rise of ethnic suburbs in Canada and abroad, the role of suburban municipalities in facilitating immigrant integration and planning with diversity remains unclear. Based on mixed-method ethnographic research, this article investigates how immigrant and racialized communities in the Greater Toronto Area have significantly transformed suburban places and built institutionally complete communities. However, the rapid development of these spaces has not been fully recognized or supported by municipal planning authorities. Conflicts related to land use, public engagement, and public realm development expose planning’s failure to keep pace with the diverse needs of immigrant communities, who must continually negotiate and fight for their use of space. Furthermore, the lack of effective civic engagement not only ignores immigrant and racialized communities as important stakeholders in suburban redevelopment, but also threatens to destroy the social infrastructure built by these communities and their ‘informal’ practices that are often not recognized by the planning ‘norm.’ Without appropriate community consultation, planning processes can further sideline marginalized groups. Lack of consultation also tends to prevent cooperation between groups, impeding the building of inclusive communities. It is imperative for municipalities to better understand and encourage community engagement and placemaking in ethnic suburbs. This study offers several recommendations for suburban planning with diversity.

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Section: Ethnic Succession and Redevelopment Pressurementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Negotiation of Space and Rights: Suburban Planning with Diversity

Zhuang

2021

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“…In a related vein, Loukaitou-Sideris (2000, 2002, Linovski (2012), Davis (1997) and Rankin (2008) have argued of the value of commercial strips as areas of immigrant entrepreneurial activity, pointing also to the vulnerability of local business to pressures of gentrification and displacement. Rankin and McLean (2015) find commercial streets to be important to making the city 'accessible to vulnerable and marginalized groups' (p. 216).…”

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“…In contrast, some commercial strips are notable for their orientation to sidewalks, especially where they were developed to serve early street car traffic. In multiple forms, commercial strips have been recognised as fertile ground for the incubation and sustenance of local, independent businesses (Davis, 1997;Herbert and Semple, 2001;Jackson, 1970;Linovski, 2012;Loukaitou-Sideris, 1997, 2000, 2002Minner, 2013;Rankin, 2008). Both can play an important role in providing goods and services to surrounding neighbourhoods, as well as serving larger regional market areas.…”

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Churn and change along commercial strips: Spatial analysis of patterns in remodelling activity and landscapes of local business

Minner

Xiao

2017

Urban Studies

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Commercial strips are common within metropolitan regions throughout the world and particularly within Canada and the USA. Planners have identified these linear clusters of commercial land use as a form of auto-oriented sprawl on the one hand, and as fertile ground for local independent businesses on the other. Despite the rapid churn of businesses in a number of gentrifying central cities, few studies have examined the distribution or cumulative impacts of commercial remodelling or its relationship to larger scale urban transformations. In this research, we demonstrate methods used to identify spatial patterns in central city remodelling activity. Getis Ord Gi*, also known as hot spot analysis, is used to identify clusters of reinvestment activity associated with locally owned restaurant and retail businesses. Associations with differences in urban form are observed, including clustering of independently owned restaurant and retail businesses along areas of commercial strips with smaller lots. Theories on the location of clusters in older buildings are also tested, with mixed results. In addition, we use a Redevelopment Impact Index to capture the degree of external modification to commercial buildings and the nature of changes in building usage. Point density analysis is used to identify areas where commercial remodels are likely to add up to entertainment and leisure zones. The results of statistical tests show some association between proximity to the restaurant and retail clusters and new, mixed use development. Thus, we illustrate methods of examining emerging landscapes of local restaurant and retail business and their relationship to larger scales of redevelopment. This methodology has applications in the study of incubation and retention of local businesses, land use planning and redevelopment along commercial strips, and gentrification studies.

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“…A pesquisa de Linovski (2012) revela que os comércios de rua oferecem um espaço de varejo acessível para pequenas empresas não disponíveis em outros centros comerciais e os espaços são vistos como altamente desejáveis para muitos tipos de negócios alternativos. Existiria, ademais, um claro benefício em ter alguns espaços nas cidades com menos controles e barreiras ao acesso.…”

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Qualidade do serviço no comércio varejista de vestuário: lacunas percebidas pela clientela feminina

Campos

Garcia

Campos

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Resumo: No presente estudo apresenta-se um comparativo de expectativas e percepções do serviço no segmento do vestuário em três centros comerciais – um comércio popular de bairro, um shopping center e uma rua de comércio tradicional de alto poder aquisitivo – na Cidade de Natal, RN. Foram coletadas expectativas e percepções do serviço recebido de 1.155 mulheres sobre um conjunto de 23 atributos. O modelo das lacunas de qualidade foi utilizado para a avaliação da qualidade do serviço percebido em cada área. Em todos os centros comerciais houve predominância de lacunas negativas, indicando que as clientes percebem o serviço oferecido aquém de suas necessidades. O confronto entre os níveis de importância e as lacunas de qualidade possibilitou apontar os atributos que deveriam receber uma atenção destacada dos gestores. Os resultados sugerem que o comércio no bairro popular tende a atrair clientes menos exigentes. Ao mesmo tempo, esses clientes percebem níveis mais baixos de qualidade no serviço recebido.Palavras-chave: Qualidade do serviço. Lacunas de qualidade. Varejo. Matriz de importância e desempenho. Quality of service in retail clothing: gaps perceived by female customers Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare expectations and perceptions of service in the clothing segment in three commercial centers – a district, a shopping center and a strip retail – in Natal, RN. Expectations and perceptions of received service were collected from 1,155 women in a set of 23 attributes. The model of quality gaps was used to assess the quality of service perceived in each area. In all retail centers there was predominance of negative gaps, indicating that customers perceive the service offered below their needs. The confrontation between the levels of importance and quality gaps allowed to identify the attributes that should be given a prominent attention from managers. The results suggest that commerce in the popular neighborhood tends to attract less demanding customers. At the same time, these customers perceive lower quality levels in the service received.Keywords: Quality service. Quality gaps. Retail. Importance-performance analysis.

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Beyond Aesthetics: Assessing the Value of Strip Mall Retail in Toronto

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

The Negotiation of Space and Rights: Suburban Planning with Diversity

The Negotiation of Space and Rights: Suburban Planning with Diversity

Churn and change along commercial strips: Spatial analysis of patterns in remodelling activity and landscapes of local business

Qualidade do serviço no comércio varejista de vestuário: lacunas percebidas pela clientela feminina

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