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Originally Posted by Riverman
Well not really. The developers can shell out the money to have the infrastructure built but they won't eat the cost, it will be added to the price of the house. Much easier to buy a house and pay for the infrastructure on the taxes than to lay all the money out up front. That is most likely why it is the way it is.
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Well, yes really. It's the cost of doing business. And of course the cost is passed on to the home buyer. All costs tend to get passed on to the buyer...
It's likely done the way it is because the city has not changed it's practices. Maybe due to a misplaced fear that developers will pass on Winnipeg. Probably because of too many years of stagnant growth.