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Originally Posted by fredinno
Might be too expensive for the site and social housing.
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It doesn't need to be social housing it could be a school/community center/retail/ fire hall/ community police detachment/ daycare etc and the park or green space would sit on top. The idea is to maximize the space while also providing as many amenities that the people living there need. The city has a ton of land and what we really need to do more of is to make better use of the land we have. The housing can, therefore, be built filling spaces that otherwise would be parking or used a few hours a day.
In regards to cost the value in land compared to the cost to build out a green space on top probably is about the same plus or minus depending on different factors but I think the long term ROI is probably still making this idea a good one.
