Have you all heard about the ongoing housing crisis?

But sure, in a city absolutely dominated by SFH and sprawl by all means lets continue to oppose every development. Same tired shit every time - parking, density (ooo scary - really just a dog whistle for "poor" despite rents in these places being 2500+ a month), "character" - a nebulous, meaningless term in most cases - sorry oak ridge.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if this gets killed because of the rich hood across the street.

NIMBY + BANANA = status quo, which is I guess is what every property owner wants - their investment protected by government. Socialism indeed,
 
Urban4Lyfe said:
ooo scary - really just a dog whistle for "poor" despite rents in these places being 2500+ a month
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Unless there's an affordable housing component, I think it's more likely they're afraid of traffic, parking, and that their park or school or Safeway or pathway or whatever will be more crowded. It's a location a developer can charge a premium for.
 
CBBarnett said:
Amazing - had those 658 townhomes or the 1,200+ units of the later proposal been approved in the 1970s or 1980s, all those buildings would now represent the more accessible price point to live in the neighbourhood. That would have been a substantial boost in housing supply for the area.

As the expression goes, the best time to plant a tree was 50 years ago, second best time is today. Same strategy works for keeping housing supply attainable.
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Campeau mostly built low quality, commie block crap that would already be end of life. The strip mall was a far better outcome.
 
That's the same argument people in Marda Loop use to oppose buildings there, grasping at straws is all I see. The water table would be quite high in that area with the reservoir so close, but that's no different than anything in areas close to the river. Not sure if there is an aquifer there, but I doubt there would be any risk to it from this development.
 
badc0ffee said:
Unless there's an affordable housing component, I think it's more likely they're afraid of traffic, parking, and that their park or school or Safeway or pathway or whatever will be more crowded. It's a location a developer can charge a premium for.
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That location would likely have units targeted at high income earners
 
Mountain Man said:
That's the same argument people in Marda Loop use to oppose buildings there, grasping at straws is all I see. The water table would be quite high in that area with the reservoir so close, but that's no different than anything in areas close to the river. Not sure if there is an aquifer there, but I doubt there would be any risk to it from this development.
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Maybe we will see the argument made that too many tall buildings will cause the area to tip over, as the concern about Guam was apparently ;)

I am of course joking, but a vagure memory of when the Brentwood TOD plans were being made of mine is the community argued that the soil couldn't handle the weight of tall buildings....
 
MichaelS said:
I am of course joking, but a vagure memory of when the Brentwood TOD plans were being made of mine is the community argued that the soil couldn't handle the weight of tall buildings....
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Oh good grief! The soil couldn’t handle the weight?!?! That’s so far reaching! What lengths the NIMBY crowd will go to!!!
 
I always thought affordable housing and low income housing were two different things?

"Affordable" housing = developer throws a few 500sq ft one bedroom apartments in each building.
Low income housing = rental units subsidized by Calgary Housing for low income people who'd qualify for partially subsidized housing
 
Didn't know that Riocan had already acquired adjacent land from the City:

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RioCan adds land to Glenmore Landing, plans to densify site

RioCan REIT (REI-UN-T) is acquiring 5.6 acres of land adjacent to its existing Glenmore Landing property from the City of Calgary to enable it to pursue another of its densification projects.
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