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Originally Posted by JET
my recollection was that it was about ten years ago that a developer had a proposal.
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When the former Minister of Sprawl was mayor of HRM. That was quite a fight because it took place on the night the new Downtown Dartmouth Strategy was up for approval and he came in with a late request to change a plan that had been brought forward after several years of consultation.
It is presently zoned for 42 units per acre and staff identify as an "Opportunity site"
Developers who just sit on land in the urban core should be given the hook through expropriation followed by a call for proposals. A few expropriations will have the desired effect.