Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[darwink]

decent common spaces

are common spaces needed? demanded by the market? or are they dictated by planners? My old 4 floor building in sunalta had a laundry room that collected very little revenue and was used once a year for the condo agm.

 

[Mountain Man]

Common areas and amenities seem great for marketing, but nobody ever uses them. Kinda like balconies, everyone wants one but people rarely ever go out on them.

 

[MichaelS]

Is there a non-balcony design that can still accommodate a BBQ? That was about 95% of the use of my balconies when I lived in a condo/apartment.

 

[Shaka]

Is there a non-balcony design that can still accommodate a BBQ? That was about 95% of the use of my balconies when I lived in a condo/apartment.

Where there's a will...

 

[YYCALGARY]

Amenity spaces are a requirement for multi-residential development (anything over 3 units in a building). Whether they are common or private is up to the development authority to determine for townhomes and rowhouses, and if there is more than two semi’s on a parcel.. and if the use is discretionary.

Apartments usually have balconies provided so common amenity spaces are not required - but more a marketing scheme to get people into their units (likely less needed under existing market conditions, but a great sell in down times which there will be in the future). Apartments are also generally required to go to CPC and Council for decision, so there’s that, too.