EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Edmonton needs to get out of land development and housing and the Alberta government should prohibit municipalities from any involvement other than zoning and permits.
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archited
Senior Member
I have first-hand knowledge that the closing of the Santa Monica airport is entirely under the supervision and design mandates of the City of Santa Monica -- don't always believe what you read and no need to shout.
Coprolite
Active Member
Meh. If Blatchford were being privately developed it'd be much, much more watered down.
David A
Senior Member
The go slow approach is not accomplishing much and with all the demand for housing now, does not make sense any more. If the city was really serious about filling in older areas, it would do everything it could to encourage development here.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Pace of development would not matter as much if taxpayers hadn't spent $300m on Blatchford already.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
The development has been moving forward well enough. It's not like this is the last empty piece of land within city limits. At least there is forward movement, slower sure but it is happening. If we want to complain about development not moving forward, how bout pushing to get all the parking lots in the quarters filled, all the land owned by OEG, the empty lots on Jasper Ave, the BMO lot, the arlington lot, the empty lots along 105ave, the empty lots in Chinatown, the empty or dead lots in the warehouse district, empty lots in Oliver, and that's just in the core of the city.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
David A
Senior Member
Good point, this is not the only piece of land where development is moving ahead slowly. Also, lest we forget we are building a new park right downtown off of Jasper Ave, mainly because it was undeveloped parking lots for 30 years. While having a park there will be nice and a good solution, it really came about because of lack of private initiative to develop what is prime land. So those critics of slow development who point fingers might have some some pointing back at them.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Federal government commits $23.7M to Blatchford district energy sharing system - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The federal government has announced $23.7 million in funding for Edmonton's Blatchford redevelopment project.
globalnews.ca
Coprolite
Active Member
I kind of wonder about Sohi's statement there that the houses are more expensive than comparable in other parts of the city. The other half and I LOOKED for comparable but weren't really finding anything that checked all of the boxes. There were a few net zero skinny house solar options that came up, but they were always in worse locations, and that has to be part of any comparison. And the district heating and cooling approach just isn't available anywhere else, and normal cold temperature heat pump falls off at -20°C and then you have to backstop with a furnace, electric heater or stove. This doesn't, because it's still exchanging heat with geology that stays 7-10°C year round.Federal government commits $23.7M to Blatchford district energy sharing system - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The federal government has announced $23.7 million in funding for Edmonton's Blatchford redevelopment project.
Barnaby
Active Member
The only comparable houses to the Blatchford options are Averton Pivot (Rutherford) & Midtown (St.Albert).
The development NEEDS to start being focused around the LRT, though.
The development NEEDS to start being focused around the LRT, though.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Kosy123
Active Member
Oooh Stratosphere finally broke ground. Every single time I visit Blatchford, there's more and more construction. It's much better than what it was last summer and it's a noticeable difference already.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
I also just noticed that this past June, a Google Streetview car went through Blatchford for the first time ever. It gives a great glimpse at where the neighbourhood is at.