Wow kind of shocked that this buy-back option existed but was never disclosed or debated. I wonder how long ago the City was first able to exercise it - I wouldn't be surprised if they could have done this a few years ago and just kept getting strung along by Matco. I'm all for selling a few...

Missed that one, edited it in!

DP process per my understanding: submitted - where it starts in circulation - changes to this once the file manager has distributed it to reviewers under review - typically the longest stage, between distribution and when a CPC meeting has been scheduled planning commission - for large...

det er cool

Kitty corner to the train station? Not sure I'm putting them up for a marketing award

That seems extremely smart to me - a lightweight automated people mover with short headways that can go up/over/under things like the runway, Deerfoot and the Bow. Not cheap, but cheaper than heavy rail from downtown to the terminal once you find out that CP won't give away their ROW.

A better outcome than a parking lot for 20 years while a land speculator hopes to flip the lot for a high rise condo tower.

If I had to be charitable to Liricon, maybe their strategy is to paint Parks as bad and unreasonable, and then hope that a Conservative government agrees, and changes the Parks leadership. It's not a crazy plan. But you'd think they would have gotten UPC ministers and CPC critics out making this...

I listened to the debate - the planner from the city sounded like she was being held hostage, comments like "this was not easy," concerns about impacts on the neighboring residential. But approved 9-0. On to council, and presumably a certain amount of public hearing circus theatre.

City administration is trying to kill off the ARPs as fast as they can, replacing them with Local Area Plans that are wider scale, less detailed, and more permissive of change and densification.

This one survived the appeal - from the SDAB decision: " 98 The Appellant’s main concern was with the design of the west side of the building and its interface with the laneway, believing that the Development Authority did not follow item 2 of the Direct Control Bylaw, specifically section...

The sales document says they are going to demolish the existing structures before the lot is sold … we will see

A lot of interesting ideas in there but now the VE-ing begins. My main interest is seeing a high-speed bike lane from 10th to 14th St that is reasonably straight, reasonably continuous, and separates wheeling from walking. That doesn't seem to be a priority in the conceptual design but there...

There is no funding for Eau Claire to 16th ave. The project team have already admitted that it would basically take a miracle to fit that within the current budget. From the Green Line website: "Green Line is focused on Phase 1 of the project, from Shepard to Eau Claire. The Green Line Board...

They are waiting until April 2027 to announce the new courthouse will cost $300 million and will include premium parking for judges and a community hockey rink

With Smith, being totally normal and sensible is always an option on the table. The issue is that the other option on the table is doing the bidding of weirdos on the ultra right.

That's not even fair to snails. This one clearly has some financing problems in addition to the more general construction materials/labour issues.

“It’s too attractive, it doesn’t maintain the character of the neighbourhood” would be a better grounds for appeal

The appeal for this one is now public. The appelant lives in the apartment building 3 doors up the laneway. He says "I am appealing the decision is because the ground floor on the laneway side of the building, the part of the building that will be seen by the most people up close, is ugly." I...

My main takeaway is that this debate is not done, it has only started. Also, this guy's construction company just went bankrupt, I feel like that is relevant context if you are presenting yourself as a housing expert.