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To my eye, isn't this due to the ease of access to and from the station area. Buses need to be able to get in and get out quickly. If...

Your are right - that's probably why the focus on Heritage, it's a tactical decision based on existing conditions but it's also pretty...

This one will be great - boring, functional high density urbanism. Doesn't need to be sexy, just needs some scale to kick-start a market...

The various new buildings going up in the Chinook area are, to say the least, nothing special but if we can get enough development...

That’s the story of the area surrounding Chinook centre. There’s a lot of development, all of it nondescript, but I guess we have to...

They wouldn't be anywhere close to signing a lease yet. These "grocery" spaces are the same as school sites in new suburban communities...

Frontier in West Hillhurst and WVT got one. With these small format stores popping up, it's more likely to get one. Not to mention these...

The traditional 3 to 4 storey walkups of Montreal do a few other things right by having so many of them be zero-lot line and with...

Housing supply is a cumulative exercise because even at very fast growth rates most houses already exist. Montreal doesn't build a ton...

That's absolutely true in what Montreal has historically built, but not any more. I went on realtor.ca and there were around 825 units...

I think "Apartment" in this context doesn't capture the difference in these types of housing. Toronto probably is mostly 40 storey plus...

Would be a game changer to have a grocer in that location. With Yellowstone, Sovereign, 1405, Broward and potential 3 towers here, and...

If it's true that one of the big CRUs in the podium will be a grocery store that will be a great amenity for the beltline

September housing starts. Not too much out of the blue. Toronto picking up steam. Montreal had a decent month after mostly sluggish...