Infill Development Discussion

[Mountain Man]

I don't know if this has been mentioned on this thread before or not. RNDSQR has a proposal for 21 units on Bowness Rd, just west of the main retail strip. This style of development seems to be the new go to for developers doing infills, which is fine by me. Not as sexy as a high-rise tower, but 10 of these types of developments = a high-rise tower.
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Is this the one going on a piece of park land that the community is freaking out about?

 

[bgarneau]

Is this the one going on a piece of park land that the community is freaking out about?

No, this is just residential land.

Here are some more pics

 

[Mountain Man]

For reference, this is the site that the City sold to a developer that Bowness is freaking out about. Can't say I've ever seen people using this space, but I get their concern.

 

[Surrealplaces]

For reference, this is the site that the City sold to a developer that Bowness is freaking out about. Can't say I've ever seen people using this space, but I get their concern.

Yep, that's the one...and people are up in arms. I get that people don't want to see a park disappear, but there are two other parks nearby. One a block to the west, and one a couple of blocks to the north that's very nice. In all my times cycling past this park, I've never seen anyone using it.

Residents unhappy about plan to build affordable housing in Bowness greenspace.

A group of Bowness residents gathered at a small greenspace on Bowness Road on Saturday to oppose plans to put up a new building.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

 

[trtcttc]

Yep, that's the one...and people are up in arms. I get that people don't want to see a park disappear, but there are two other parks nearby. One a block to the west, and one a couple of blocks to the north that's very nice. In all my times cycling past this park, I've never seen anyone using it.

Residents unhappy about plan to build affordable housing in Bowness greenspace.

A group of Bowness residents gathered at a small greenspace on Bowness Road on Saturday to oppose plans to put up a new building.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

I'm pretty sure the residents are opposed to the 100 units than the loss of green space, but it's better to be for green space than against affordable housing. 100 units does seem a bit much for that site, especially if they are family sized units