zagox
Active Member
This development is perfect for students and especially international students who almost always don't have vehicles or can't drive. Like mentioned above it's close to a supermarket and right next to the C-train station. It would be nice if this development could start a trend in Calgary.
However, having absolute 0 resident parking accommodation does pose a significant problem and is a tough reality to accept in Calgary. Hopefully Jemm can come up with a solution -- a cheap solution. They have to come up with a cheap solution or it could throw off their entire strategic plan to achieve profitability. Adding underground parking means the cost just went up a lot and there goes their target demographic.
Oh the car-centric city dilemma![]()
The solution is no parking - that’s JEMM’s entire strategic plan. Buy land next to transit and get approval for more density and no parking. Rent apartments to people who don’t drive. Only speedbump they’ve hit is the city shaking them down for $1 million to go higher than the 26m height limit the other new developments in Kensington have accepted.
It’s an interesting approach to go to CPC with a refusal recommendation - they must think there’s a reasonable chance that Council will settle for less cash than administration.