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Any renderings of the project? I assume condos? Weird to keep it as parking. But if that saves the building and it's just sitting vacant now then I suppose that's still a win.
 
Brief Update on the Stewart Livery Barn (White Barn) Project in Inglewood. They have temporarily moved the barn north on the site. The existing "slab" is exposed along the south edge of the property
at the lane.
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These types of property are taking off. There are numerous proposals on the way that are like this. I think it's creative density that adds homes that are missing to the inner-glenmore/sarcee/John Laurie areas.
It's a good format:
  • 3 - 5x the housing density as it replaces - thanks, in part, to an incredibly low base density when much of the early-era suburbs were development. These are all solid areas with good existing amenities and good access - more people will make these amenities resilient and sustainable again.
  • Splits the costs of inner city land a few more times than a duplex or skinny infill. Good for long-run relative affordability.
  • Stays low-scale and wood frame, cheaper and quicker to build than something more dense that would trigger higher construction costs and more significant financing risks. Again, good for long-run affordability.
Despite a few loud anti-community change critics, it's hard to argue that this out of scale for all existing communities. The trick will be to find ways to expedite and refine this model so it's increasingly easy to build in more areas, and resolve some of the easy issues to increasingly better integrate into an area (e.g. figure out effective garbage and recycling bin systems that are more efficient etc.)
 
These types of property are taking off. There are numerous proposals on the way that are like this. I think it's creative density that adds homes that are missing to the inner-glenmore/sarcee/John Laurie areas.
They are seemingly on every corner of the inner ring neighborhoods, like Killarney, Capitol Hill, etc..
 

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