[originalmuffins]

Someone on SSP reminded us that the City isn't completely to blame for this one. It was never rejected by the City; as soon as the City went a little over the time limit, the developer went straight to LPAT (within their right, but not necessary) instead of waiting for the City process to continue. The City is receiving vast amounts of applications with shorter timelines imposed by the Province without any new resources to deal.

The City and developer eventually negotiated the removal of one tower (not a bad thing IMO as the first proposal was quite crowded; we don't want another Rideau), but it may have taken less time with the LPAT middle man.

As for the Claridge tower on Carling where the CIBC sits today, the community and Councillor at the time were generally supportive of the height. It's Claridge that decided to cut it down on their own a few months later.

To clarify, my comment is that the Claridge tower on Carling is solely on them, not the city. That drop is their decision, they could have gotten the approval for 60 floors for sure, the support was there by councilors.

The City is receiving more applications, but it needs to streamline it's process. It is taking longer than necessary to get units out. Not to the point we are blanket approving dangerous projects, but they shouldn't be running their same old process. It's causing a strain on units that can go out. And the negotiation down a tower didn't make sense either, it wasn't necessary to negotiate. Yes it's massive, but it's directly in front of an LRT station with not much else planned beside it, it would fill up instantly once it goes up.

 

[hoggytime]

I can't even....