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.

Thanks for all the updates! Not a fan of the tower itself on this one, but must admit the public realm is quite nice.

I think this is the fastest I've ever seen a project move from announcement to substantial excavation.

It's great to see this block go from a few single family homes to a ton of housing, plus a continuous commercial streetwall.

This one is a big miss for me. Nothing about it looks good.

They do have rights. No one is forced to sell their home, and they can choose to stay or leave as development occurs around them.

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...

Really hope blatchford doesn't just become a sea of townhomes.

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for them to finally start it (or someone at least semi competent manages to become in charge), the study will be so out of date a new study will need to be conducted lol

This really highlights how non existent TOD has been here.

I'm not typically a fan of chains in general, but I wouldn't mind a few urban style chains showing up in Oliver/124 for two reasons: 1) They're an indicator species. Them showing up is a sign that the population has increased to the point that they believe there is enough foot traffic to...

These both turned out really well.

I'm sure they could get a lot more density here now if they wanted. Wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of rework in the works.

Not sure what you mean by this. There's been more action on housing municipally, provincially (at least in some provinces...) and federally in the last year or two than like the 2 decades before. Everyone sat on their hands until the problem couldn't be ignored any longer, and now things are...

Obviously this will be different for everyone, and is likely lower in Alberta due to gas prices, but the cost is still quite high: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/it-costs-more-than-1-300-per-month-to-own-a-car-in-canada-report-1.2029102