Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 934 - Reimagining Downtowns with Karen Chapple

Brian interviews Karen Chapple. Karen is the Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she also serves as Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. She talks about reimagining downtowns. Almost 50 million square feet of vacant office space is available in Canadian downtowns, with nearly 40 per cent of that becoming vacant since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. That’s the equivalent of 89 baseball stadiums the size of Rogers Centre in Toronto... and it’s a chance to reimagine downtown.