JesseLikesCities
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Relating to this video I'm assuming Port of Vancouver is playing the part of LA and Calgary that of Phoenix?
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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AtlanticAvenue
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Essentially. Highway 2 is playing the role of the 303 in Phoenix as well, but the extent is slightly less.
Comparatively the section of the QE2 from around airport trail up towards Crossiron is where a lot of warehouses are popping up.
Heres Rockyview 5 years ago VS today.
And NW of the airport 5 years ago VS today.
adamyyc
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Looks like Sarina has managed to consolidate a number of lots on the south side of the 14 St to 15 St block of 33 Ave SW (“1500 Block”).
Unfortunately it looks like the home on the corner of 14 St is a holdout. Would be nice for a proper urban transition on 33 Ave starting at 14 St.
Unfortunately it looks like the home on the corner of 14 St is a holdout. Would be nice for a proper urban transition on 33 Ave starting at 14 St.
adamyyc
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Updated plans for the Leonard Group redevelopment of the two heritage houses on the corner of 34 Ave SW and 18 St are now on DMAP.
https://dmap.calgary.ca/fd2873fc-2355-476f-ac7a-6bdf303ca847
Looks like they may be digging down the basement in the house right on the corner.
Exterior materials for the three buildings (2 existing and one new) will be a mix of wood panel, painted cedar shake, painted brick and stucco. Colour scheme looks to be primarily cream.
The black and white retractable awnings on the 18 St side of 2 of the buildings will be a nice feature, and the courtyard deck should provide another outdoor dining space in the neighborhood.
https://dmap.calgary.ca/fd2873fc-2355-476f-ac7a-6bdf303ca847
Looks like they may be digging down the basement in the house right on the corner.
Exterior materials for the three buildings (2 existing and one new) will be a mix of wood panel, painted cedar shake, painted brick and stucco. Colour scheme looks to be primarily cream.
The black and white retractable awnings on the 18 St side of 2 of the buildings will be a nice feature, and the courtyard deck should provide another outdoor dining space in the neighborhood.
1875
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YYCguy
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That link appears to be broken? “404 error”?
Chinese_T
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Hey guys, I've made a tier list template for Calgary's Masterplanned Urban Districts. Have a go at it if you'd like, I'm interested to see what everyone on here thinks (and why).
https://tiermaker.com/create/calgary-urban-masterplanned-districts-16067304
https://tiermaker.com/create/calgary-urban-masterplanned-districts-16067304
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
No hints at all
How about I name some projects and if one or more is coming down the pipe, simply respond with a smile emoji?
Gallery on 10th
Sovereign
Park Place
Crosstown
526 4th ave
CalgaryTiger
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Toronto exploring new taxes, parking levy to tackle budget deficit
Officials in Toronto are proposing several measures to tackle the budget crisis facing Canada's largest city, including raising the land-transfer tax on high-value homes, increasing the vacant homes tax from one to three per cent, and a new commercial parking levy.
Officials in Toronto are proposing several measures to tackle the budget crisis facing Canada's largest city, including raising the land-transfer tax on high-value homes, increasing the vacant homes tax from one to three per cent, and a new commercial parking levy.
Is this the answer to the amount of surface parking lots downtown? Take the money and put it into the downtown (alternative ways to get to downtown (transit) and making it a place people want to go).
Advocates call for commercial parking levy to help pay for TTC
Advocates say the City of Toronto could have raised nearly $3 billion for transit and climate sectors from big corporations over the last five years if they had decided to use a commercial parking levy.
The report estimates are based on charging parking lot owners $1.50 a day per parking spot.
Even if that cost is passed on to the consumer, isn't that fine?
jhappy77
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^^ I think it would be an excellent way to fund transit operations
adamyyc
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adamyyc
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Land Use Application has been submitted: https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/?find=LOC2023-0222
Not sure where to post this article, but I guess it does affect urban development to some degree and maybe confirms our theories on why more projects aren't moving ahead.
www.thestar.com
High interest rates also have an outsized impact on construction financing
With pre-sales now virtually non existent, it is a real possibility that banks will refuse to finance any new projects moving forward.
www.thestar.com
gsunnyg
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^Instead of throwing federal money to fund a limited number of housing developments, the federal government should redirect the money to offset interest payments for developers (sort of how the City set up a fund to subsidize office conversions) and remove GST on residential construction/sales. The fact I can sit here and stir up a hundred different ideas to tackle the housing crisis but the federal government couldn't come up with a single policy over their recent retreat from the House says a lot about how incompetent our federal government has been at addressing the state of our housing crisis.
darwink
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The retreat was a managing expectations problem. That it ended up being framed as ‘solutions will come’ is weird.
We’ve seen the first, signalling that a big move on foreign students will come.
Other proposals involve money or forgone revenue. They at the very least need a bit of analysis.
The GST is a move but it isn’t enough. It will be too slow. Rebuilding the perpetual investment entities of the 60s and 70s and setting up a way to get them capitalized at reasonable rates over 4 year construction periods is the name of the game imo. While trying to force Vancouver to approve things in less than 7 years or Toronto in less than five. Especially for smaller projects so companies can grow from townhomes to 5&1s in 3 years instead of a decade.
We’ve seen the first, signalling that a big move on foreign students will come.
Other proposals involve money or forgone revenue. They at the very least need a bit of analysis.
The GST is a move but it isn’t enough. It will be too slow. Rebuilding the perpetual investment entities of the 60s and 70s and setting up a way to get them capitalized at reasonable rates over 4 year construction periods is the name of the game imo. While trying to force Vancouver to approve things in less than 7 years or Toronto in less than five. Especially for smaller projects so companies can grow from townhomes to 5&1s in 3 years instead of a decade.