[SMayo]

I feel like the world where Blatchford is already built out is the world where it looks like this.

 

[thommyjo]

I feel like the world where Blatchford is already built out is the world where it looks like this.
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if it was private industry and not the city, we’d probably have something like this:

 

[trevorhayden]

Whether Public or private, the built form is defined by City defined zoning, not by the ownership model of the builder.

 

[Glenco]

if it was private industry and not the city, we’d probably have something like this:


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Griesbach started in 2000

 

[thommyjo]

Griesbach started in 2000

My point on the griesbach comparison was in response to the super low density sprawl exaggeration made previously. Not a comment in speed so much as built form (although I’d argue private industry would also be further along too).

To suggest the only alternative to the current reality is for private developers to create some 1990s riverbend neighborhood is intellectually dishonest and a logical fallacy.

The reality of private developers, instead of the city, running blatchford would look much more like griesbach, not riverbend.

And some people might not like griesbach. That’s fine. But it’s a more realistic comparison than the low density pic that was shared.

 

[TAS]

Griesbach started in 2000

Canada Lands Company (CLC) acquired the 620-acre former Canadian Forces Base Griesbach site from the Department of National Defence in 2003 to begin its redevelopment into a residential community. While the acquisition was finalized in 2003, the Neighborhood Area Structure Plan was approved in 2002, with development and planning activities underway around that time.

Definitely on its way to one of city's most dense communities with many great points of interest.

 

[Coprolite]

I’m not sure what you think my comments is “missing”.

Has there been more than 75 townhomes completed in a single year?

Those mortises will take ~2 years each to complete, so that’s at best 150-200 units a year if those all get going soon here.

Still very, very far off from any projections.

Michener park in 2 years of construction will have built more than blatchford has in the last 5.

I see that Mutti Homes, who caused no shortage of problems in the initial phase of Blatchford, is boasting that they will be building at Michener Park.

 

[Coprolite]

if it was private industry and not the city, we’d probably have something like this:


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Griesbach's developer is a Crown Corporation who fulfils a similar role for the Federal Government as a municipal development corporation would for the city. I remember touring their site 12 years after the closure of CFB Edmonton-Griesbach and it was further along, but not by much. They had certainly overcome difficulties, including fighting with builders over architectural standards. Their initial phase had been just a strip along 97th Street where the greatest density was a duplex (and those were recycled PMCs). It took a while for this initial phase to demonstrate its worth and for interest to really get rolling.