A New York style appetizing store. A Zathmarys type place would be great.
A "good" Jewish deli (NY style).

I want a performing arts center. Brookline has no stage for its multiple arts organization (Ballet School, Symphony Orchestra, Music School, Children's Chorus, Theater Companies, etc..). How great would it be to have it in the heart of Coolidge Corner?

How about a men's shoppe? Specialty food store? Coffee shop? Craft store?

I would like the Durgin Garage and the adjoining property developed as a Continuing Care Facility. The location would be perfect for seniors!

New England Soup Factory should move there from the village location.

It's a difficult location, not easily seen from Beacon Street. It seems to be challenge to generate consistent foot traffic there. Perhaps businesses focused on daily neighborhood needs like a dry cleaner, nail salon, or pet care would succeed long term. I was surprised when the laundromat closed. That seemed like a perfect fit for the building.

I agree with the Brookline Symphony Orchestra - a performing arts center would be a great opportunity to bring more people into Coolidge Corner...

Whole Foods, since I hate Trader Joe's. No more coffee shops, please, and no more Asian food, please. No more banks or cellphone shops. I agree about performing arts; we might even use another art cinema screen or two. Branch of EMS? Major computer store like Micro Center?

How about a "virtual office space" for the people who hang out at the coffee shops and restaurants with their laptops for the day. They could go to this virtual office space to work in peace without being bothered by those of us who want to talk and drink coffee.

As long as we're brain storming, how about a store front local tourism center? The Chamber of Commerce, the National Park Service, the Brookline Historical Society, the Coolidge Corner Merchants Association (and other such associations), Brookline Greenspace Alliance could have booths where they offer information about local accommodations and restaurants, local historical landmarks and natural history sites, maps of self-guided walking tours and of local and national register historic districts. That said, a challenge in that block is to find uses that serve unmet needs but are also financially viable.

Since the child care business is for ever expanding in this area and the parks and libraries find it difficult to accommodate the growing numbers of children in care centers, perhaps an indoor gym would be welcome in Brookline. Children in centers walk long distances to find a space where they can run and climb. During the long winter months they would still have a place to work on their gross motor skills.

I'd like to see a year-round farmers market on the first floor, with specialty vendors--ala Fulton Market in DC--connected to a plaza in the surrounding space outside. Second floor could be multi-use, such a swing space for start-ups and non-profits, but needs to be revenue-generating.