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Originally Posted by roryn1
I disagree. Surface parking lots are our downtown’s main epidemic to continued infill. The corner of 2nd and 25th is a great example of this - a decade ago there was buildings there and apparently being a parking lot is more of a revenue opportunity to high net worth individuals using these lots as side revenue than building something that actually benefits downtown.
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They cannot force someone to build. They can ban surface parking lots (as they have done in Regina) but not retroactively. In Regina they have made several exceptions to the rule, so it hasn't worked out so well. Also in Regina numerous buildings have been demolished since the ban and several of them have ended up as weed gardens (i.e. no development and no parking lot). In the meantime you can pay over $300/month to park downtown and there is almost no angle parking like in Saskatoon.