SMayo
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I feel like the world where Blatchford is already built out is the world where it looks like this.
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thommyjo
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trevorhayden
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Whether Public or private, the built form is defined by City defined zoning, not by the ownership model of the builder.
Glenco
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Griesbach started in 2000
thommyjo
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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
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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.
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Coprolite
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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
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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.
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TAS
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The first residential strip along 97st didn't have any recycled duplexes. It has these 4-unit townhomes that were new when built in the 1st phase.
Along Griesbach Rd, there were a couple of recycled duplexes mixed in with new SFHs.
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archited
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I look at Laubman Street in Griesbach and boy does that bring back memories. Captain Don Laubman was Base Commander at 3-wing Air Force Base in '64-'65 and '65-'66, Zweibrücken, Deutschland; I was best friends with his son Rob during our coincidental stay there and I dated his daughter, Leslie several times before she was sent off to a Private School in England. I reconnected with both back in Canada in our post-teen life during U-days and my band experimental days.