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Originally Posted by Airboy
Also there is not a lot of land for commercial high-rises because of the land costs.
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If anything the fact that land is so insanely expensive in Fort McMurray should be a reason that people "DO" build tall. Buying a small city lot for 5-10 million dollars only to build a 4 story office building is a complete waste of money. The rezoning and ability to now build tall towers in the city core, combined with the price of the downtown land should push people to start to think tall when building in the core.
Now what they need to do is get rid of alot of the big box types of stores and their associated massive above ground parking lots. Downtown Fort McMurray is at present more like a retail power center then a proper downtown core of a fairly major city.