Livionia + Walmart 4ever

So Livonia has decided to build another Walmart where Livonia Mall once resided. It seems foolish to me. Its razing one outdated development and installing another. Having been away for years, I didn't even know that they were redeveloping the site. But given a site of that size and location, it seems that another big box, car dependent, pedestrian unfriendly shopping center is doomed to the same fate. Now I realize that Livonia is not urban, but this is a chance to change that to some degree. It could have been a nice mixed use development that could provide citizens with a one stop shop for all their needs. A mixed use condo/apartment with ground level retail/restaurant and some nice open green space and hidden underground parking would be much better for residents and neighbors. It is a relatively dense area for suburbia and it would attract more I think. But who wants to live next door to a Walmart? I mean, look at all the problems of their location at Middlebelt and 696. And that is a more reasonable location with its adjacent freeway access. Its not somewhere people would want to live anyway.