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Originally Posted by Keith P.
A sudden twist in this tale!!
http://www.samaustin.ca/prince-alber...d-hotel-fight/
Hoist on his own petard!
While I can understand his reaction, it serves him right for forcing a sawed-off development onto the owners. Perhaps this is a lesson to planners everywhere that just because you think something is "right", it doesn't change the economics, and you cannot force something to be built when a property owner has other more profitable options. |
The easy solution was downzoning the site by the Harbour East Community council and this could have been done any time, including the more than 2 years since the 2016 municipal election. Moaning about the old Dartmouth Plan is a waste of time. Swift action to downzone would have been the best fix.
A 15 storey hotel will be expensive and I would not be shocked to discover that foreign money is involved in the project. It is a great location for a hotel with easy access to highways and downtown and we need the taxes to pay for bike lanes. The only way to stop the proposal is through expropriation and that would require the support of Mayor Savage.
Sales at The Avery are s....l....o....w only 16 of 69 units sold.