Chinese_T
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YESSS! TAKE THAT NIMBYS!
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YESSS! TAKE THAT NIMBYS!
Beazley66
Active Member
Be very careful.
DougB
Active Member
Does this building have a large foundation? The footprint is small due to the CIBC building. It may need several levels of parking to support the office and retail uses. Inglewood has a high water table. I raise the issue more in curiosity around construction timelines as the foundation could take a long time. Plus in this market, office and condo (or is it rental) will be hard sells.
Patrick.1980
Active Member
I find it interesting that Druh supported this project, while being vocally against the 8 storey project on 14th street, which she said was too tall for that location. One of the things about council voting on projects is they don't care what happens as long as it's not in their riding.
GoVertical
Senior Member
So glad this got through, was expecting it to go the other way but logic prevailed!
Nimbus
Active Member
Looks like they may push this through today, instead of waiting for the resumption of council in September.
1875
Senior Member
aside from just needing to be contrarian on everything i thought farkas would have been in favour of a project that increases the tax base
Nimbus
Active Member
A completely political move, it furthers the narrative that it is him versus the rest of council and he will defend neighbourhoods from the evil developers. He got his quote/soundbite of "Inglewood is not for sale" in there too. It will play very well for his supporters and folks that don't follow projects like we do.
1875
Senior Member
hes still bitter they paved the roads
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Awesome! look forward to a new landmark in Inglewood, something that should be a future heritage building if RNDSQR can pull it off!
zagox
Active Member
I find it hard to see Farkas winning many votes from NIMBYs in Inglewood if/when he runs for mayor. The guy is ex-Wildrose ... he may see eye-to-eye with them on this file but I don’t see them lining up with his whole agenda.
On the other hand, I can imagine there are a good number of conservative voters further out in the suburbs who imagine that their 1990s single family street is somehow at risk of being turned into apartments, even if it’s not. Farkas can probably build a narrative for them that he his on their side with positions like this.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Imagine Calgary with Farkas as mayor! I'd move to Edmonton! I like Gondek, she should run!
Sambo
New Member
Gondeks plan to offload the entire tax deficit at once to homeowners was awesome wasn’t it?
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Thanks for the cryptic posts.
MichaelS
Senior Member
I can understand the community's frustration for sure. The ARP process for this neighbourhood has been pretty convoluted. Which member of CPC resigned?