Downton Hamilton has something like 12,000 units proposed right now and 2500 under construction. Hamilton's downtown is about to explode. Once those 2500 units are done there will be even more under construction and Hamilton's downtown will have 3500 new residents roaming around.
The point about multiple towers every year not being sustainable was part of the point that Thorne made to me when speaking about the height limit. The height limit ensures that all the demand doesn't get concentrated into too small an area, and all parts of the downtown and eastern urban areas see growth. We don't want to wait 50 years for Centre on Barton to be redeveloped. I'd love to see it get started in the next 10. If we produce enough supply in one section of the city though, that will never happen.
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