Amazing what you can do when you loosen parking and unit regulations, and still stay within the general "character" of a neighbourhood. Hard for anyone to argue these are out of scale
Yup, people will forever be looking back on this one as a huge missed opportunity right across from the train station, especially with all the additional density now allowed in the area due to the provincial changes.
Residents 2 blocks away from one of the biggest universities in the Country surprised to learn that there is demand for housing in their neighbourhood.
I don't have an issue with townhomes and I think they're a good form of more dense family oriented housing. My issue is when all you have is townhomes and not enough amenities/commercial/higher density forms of housing to support it. We are starting to see this a lot in Vancouver suburbs like...
From their marketing gallery. Can't help but notice how much of a waste of space this seems for like 17 parking stalls, seems super inefficient. Would have been much better to use this as an outdoor amenity space for residents...
Kind of of defeats the purpose of a dense, walkable, mixed use neighbourhood if it meets none of those things, does it not?
In today's retail landscape, mid density townhomes alone won't be enough to sustain walkable amenities in the area. A couple apartments along one street likely won't add...
First of all, cities are inherently political, and if its felt that provincial matters are impacting cities, they should be able to speak about it. Second, the premiere is the one continually bringing politics to the cities, who are reacting to that. She expects to be able to encroach on areas...
Nah by the time things are bad enough for them to finally start it (or someone at least semi competent manages to become in charge), the study will be so out of date a new study will need to be conducted lol