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A proposed condo development near Market Mall would increase traffic and crime in the neighbourhood, say residents in the vicinity who are urging city council to block the project.

“We’ve had a quiet neighbourhood here, reasonably quiet, what’s wrong with leaving it that way?” asked June Carter, who lives in a condo on Adelaide Street East. She has written to city council asking them to be “brave enough” to oppose the project that would put 444 residential units and a four-level underground garage on Market Mall’s northeast parking lot on the corner of Adelaide Street East and McEown Avenue.

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“It’s too many people for here,” Carter said. “The traffic will be atrocious.”

Council is expected to decide Thursday whether to approve a rezoning application that would allow Market Mall owner Fisher Holdings North America to build a multi-unit development on their property.

A public meeting about the rezoning was held earlier this summer, and attendees were invited to submit comments to the city. Some who did so said they were excited about the proposed project and thought it would revitalize the area — which includes a high number of seniors’ residences and care homes — and breathe life into Market Mall.