I find this to be absolutely the most insane thing.
The city approves a insolvent development model and continues to do so for years but then blames development for being insolvent and has to increase tax?
I think the only reason why Knack is in, was because of the absolute shit show the municipal election was.
I waited for 2 hours in line and had to leave before I voted because I had to be with the kiddos..
Westrich: "Hey I know you guys like cool tall buildings that look nice and add value, but the best we can do is a six story wood building, but we will add at least two different colours of siding to it!"
This is a sad take.
We shouldn't just build shit to bring more people downtown. This building in 10 years is going to ghettoize downtown rather then improve it.
Even when malls do major renovations like Londonderry did it still doesn't seem to help.
Development into something compelling would be the best option.