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  1. DougB

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Under skilled worker constraints, I would think that a developer would maximize its capital turnover by having fewer projects on the go so that it could complete them faster rather than spreading the same number of workers across more projects for longer durations. Companies are incented to...
  2. DougB

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    That is an excellent example. Rather than rezoning SFH in Queensland, Deer Run and Bonavista Downs, why not rezone the excess RoW adjacent to Bow Bottom, as well as some of the alleys and parking that front it for 6 story apartments? A blunt approach like rezoning the entire city to gain an...
  3. DougB

    Trees in Calgary

    Calgary is challenging because so many trees die from lack of water, chinooks and road salt. Are homeowners going to need permits to remove dead trees? If they won't, some may be incented to poison trees to avoid permitting
  4. DougB

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    They should focus on real issues rather than those from Toronto and Vancouver. Rezoning the whole city is a big deal and is unlikely to be viewed as legitimate without a plebiscite. Bulk rezoning without broad public support will only encourage opposition to redevelopment. Unlike other cities...
  5. DougB

    Calgary & Alberta Economy

    Let's see similar curves for investment
  6. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    Rage inducing because too many activists (on both sides) are focusing on too small an issue. They should focus their energy on real issues like how to pay down the Provincial debt and find new revenue sources to replace non-recurring resource revenues without significantly raising tax issues.
  7. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    Would a "Nenshi Democratic Party" be big enough for his ego? I thought he was waiting for the call to be the new federal Liberal leader.
  8. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    Alberta is attracting people who seek higher disposable incomes, much as it has during previous booms. Demographics aren't changing.
  9. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    Longer term, a more sophisticated tax regime might make sense. Right now, AB is approximating the loss from fuel tax and adding it to annual registration. Many US States do the same: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/electric-vehicles-ev-taxes-state/
  10. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    The budget forecasts real GDP growth at 2.9%, which is less than population growth so of course spending cannot keep up. Canada has had flat to declining GDP per capita since 2015 which means as the country becomes poorer so does funding for social services. This is compounded by debt rolling...
  11. DougB

    Calgary's Downtown Dilemma

    Before WCP was built, it was a crappy apartment building. I lived there from ages 5 to 6 and attended the school at what is now the MacDougall Center.
  12. DougB

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Wonder if these are for one of the empty parcels in the existing Stampede Station development (Stampede Station office tower, Nuera, Alura, Sasso, Vitro) or another parcel such as the dromer Ziff Energy building? I thought that One Properties still owned the Stampede Station parcels. Also...
  13. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    No. About 30 years' age difference
  14. DougB

    Alberta Provincial Politics

    He delivered Smith an easy way to disassociate from him.
  15. DougB

    Eau Claire Market Redevelopment | 135.02m | 35s | Harvard Developments

    Back to the future. That site was a hoarded dusty and gravel lot from the mid 80s until Eau Claire Market broke ground in summer of 92
  16. DougB

    Calgary International Airport

    To bad. Wish it were Air Canada shutting down instead
  17. DougB

    Uxborough Phase 1 | 45m | 14s | Western Securities | Gibbs Gage

    It has a ring road around it , as does U of C. 1960s design principles were all about self containment.
  18. DougB

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    I was in Dallas a few weeks back and saw what appeared to be a very effective strategy to reduce public drug consumption and homeless encampments that didn't involve urban design: -if the police see someone doing drugs in the open, they make them stomp on their paraphernalia and dump the drugs...
  19. DougB

    Calgary International Airport

    I haven't been to Toronto or connected through there since 2000. T1 was in early construction stage at that point. YYZ still seems to have horrible on-time performance metrics. I have lots of bad memories of sleeping on the floor there in the 80s and 90s due to delays.
  20. DougB

    Weather and Gardening Discussion

    Calgary has no normal other than dry and sunny. Due to altitude, distance from substantial bodies of water, low humidity and sparse vegetation, the natural environment has far less ability to store heat than say that of Toronto. The implication is that the sun warms quickly and its absence...

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