Avenuer
Senior Member
We should be seeing his student housing project south of the EPS HQ starting in the next year-ish.
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General Infill Discussion
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IanO
Superstar
Risk-taking in redevelopment is paying off for Edmonton
'The track Edmonton is on is a leadership role in several respects,' says Gregg Lintern, former chief planner for the City of Toronto.
edmontonjournal.com
Airboy
Senior Member
Was out along Fairway drive area last night, Holy crap is there a lot of construction. a good 1/4 of the lots have fences around them or are new homes. Big ugly beasts. Why do people, when they have money build these monster square soulless boxes.
David A
Senior Member
Because they can and they mistakenly believe a lot of space in itself is impressive. Unfortunately there is not always a correlation between taste and money and we do not have many older examples of grand design to follow.
MacLac
Senior Member
Cause a certain demographic needs 12 bedroom homes to house 4 generations of their families in there…..
trevorhayden
Active Member
Given the trends, I foresee the City taking a gradual approach to regulating parking in more and more neighbourhoods. I don't think they will bring in parking minimums.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
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EtoV
Active Member
I'm guessing Principe, Parmer, and Clarke are likely going to be voting against every small scale residential project?
IanO
Superstar
Clarke is pretty balanced IMO and when we were knocking on doors he appreciated the quality, well-designed, well situated infill just like the rest of us.
BUT, similar to me, he was not overly pleased with the mid-block monsters.
I'd say that he will bring a balanced opinion on this topic.
BUT, similar to me, he was not overly pleased with the mid-block monsters.
I'd say that he will bring a balanced opinion on this topic.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Same with Parmar. She seems to have a solid basis of understanding regarding why we need infill, but also needs to represent the opinions she hears in her ward. I will say I was surprised to see her vote against the Grovenor upzoning.
Kosy123
Senior Member
From what I'm seeing, we don't really have a strong "anti-infill at all costs" councillor tbh. Principe is just a constant objector on a lot of things so I can't really consider her one.
The Overton window on infill in Edmonton is quite different from Calgary or Toronto. I mean the closest thing we have to a debate is a reduction from 8 to 6plexes, rather than a complete repeal of the zoning bylaw.
The Overton window on infill in Edmonton is quite different from Calgary or Toronto. I mean the closest thing we have to a debate is a reduction from 8 to 6plexes, rather than a complete repeal of the zoning bylaw.
trevorhayden
Active Member
It's a slippery slope. If unit max is dropped to 6, they'll demand it be dropped to 4.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Parmar wanted to repeal indigenous ward names. She is pretty far to one side of the spectrum.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Seems more like a practical change than an ideological one. I work pretty closely in this sphere and I still can't pronounce that one ward.