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I listened to the debate - the planner from the city sounded like she was being held hostage, comments like "this was not easy," concerns about impacts on the neighboring residential. But approved 9-0. On to council, and presumably a certain amount of public hearing circus theatre.

City administration is trying to kill off the ARPs as fast as they can, replacing them with Local Area Plans that are wider scale, less detailed, and more permissive of change and densification.

This one survived the appeal - from the SDAB decision: " 98 The Appellant’s main concern was with the design of the west side of the building and its interface with the laneway, believing that the Development Authority did not follow item 2 of the Direct Control Bylaw, specifically section...

The sales document says they are going to demolish the existing structures before the lot is sold … we will see

A lot of interesting ideas in there but now the VE-ing begins. My main interest is seeing a high-speed bike lane from 10th to 14th St that is reasonably straight, reasonably continuous, and separates wheeling from walking. That doesn't seem to be a priority in the conceptual design but there...

There is no funding for Eau Claire to 16th ave. The project team have already admitted that it would basically take a miracle to fit that within the current budget. From the Green Line website: "Green Line is focused on Phase 1 of the project, from Shepard to Eau Claire. The Green Line Board...

They are waiting until April 2027 to announce the new courthouse will cost $300 million and will include premium parking for judges and a community hockey rink

With Smith, being totally normal and sensible is always an option on the table. The issue is that the other option on the table is doing the bidding of weirdos on the ultra right.

That's not even fair to snails. This one clearly has some financing problems in addition to the more general construction materials/labour issues.

“It’s too attractive, it doesn’t maintain the character of the neighbourhood” would be a better grounds for appeal

The appeal for this one is now public. The appelant lives in the apartment building 3 doors up the laneway. He says "I am appealing the decision is because the ground floor on the laneway side of the building, the part of the building that will be seen by the most people up close, is ugly." I...

My main takeaway is that this debate is not done, it has only started. Also, this guy's construction company just went bankrupt, I feel like that is relevant context if you are presenting yourself as a housing expert.

My main takeaway is that this debate is not done, it has only started. Also, this guy's construction company just went bankrupt, I feel like that is relevant context if you are presenting yourself as a housing expert.

The Green Line team has already basically announced that they are pausing at Eau Claire, short of a construction cost miracle. From the Green Line website: "Green Line is focused on Phase 1 of the project, from Shepard to Eau Claire. The Green Line Board is committed to managing costs and...

Yes, and those smaller sites should all have building commitments attached to them. No suburban land developer would sell a lot without requiring construction to start within a reasonable amount of time, but the City didn’t attach that condition to the Westbrook lands. Seems like a solveable...

Completion of Massively Expensive Suburban Car Infrastructure Causes City Council to Accelerate Planning for More Expensive Suburban Car Infrastructure Without Any Irony or Self Reflection

… and we abandoned the pool and built some giant new pools in the suburbs, so one side will have a dirt lot … and we condemned the mall, so the other side will have an even bigger dirt lot! We are building on the great success of the Westbrook Transit Oriented Dirt Lot!

Formerly Mazaj Lounge, which closed after people kept getting murdered in their parking lot.

$10 mil for a 3 bedroom “sub-penthouse”? Sounds about right …

Just to articulate a positive vision here and not dump on the Banff train too much (because I love the idea) this would be my thinking: - Double track the corridor wherever it’s “easy” - Shared single track with CPR freight over the bridges (4x Bow, Elbow, Kananaskis) and in tight spots (eg...