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Old Posted Dec 7, 2017, 9:04 PM
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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper View Post
In Edmonton, a wealthy company owned by one of the richest Canadians went looking for corporate welfare and got it by seducing the city with an entire entertainment district and that seduction is still happening today.

How much has One Properties contributed to downtown revitalization? It was suggested just a few posts ago the city covered the upgrades to publicly owned spaces. The towers aren't revitalization. They are gentrification. One Properties and Katz are making a fortune from the developments and also selling to real estate funds that don't give two shits about Edmonton.
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