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Originally Posted by logan5
I don't think cities like Ottawa Calgary Edmonton have the critical mass required for TOD like you see in Vancouver. That's why I suggested to not bother with towers and build more affordable ground oriented and wood-frame low rise close to transit stations. Even Surrey can't seem to get momentum going. There has been Skytrain in Surrey for over 20 years, and in all that time there has been relatively little tower development. A few towers spread out all over the place.
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I can't speak to Calgary and Edmonton, but Ottawa has gone from 0 to what looks like plaid speed in the last half decade. They are planning insanity like a
65 storey building where the Confederation Line and Trillium Line meet (that was scaled back I believe to 50ish). And several 30+ storey buildings in what are very suburban areas:
https://obj.ca/article/toronto-based...ir-lrt-station
https://obj.ca/article/real-estate/d...-and-apartment
I live near the second one. The intersection has two gas stations, a Chinese restaurant and a chip wagon. Across the street from it is an 8-storey apartment building.
Just a reminder, this is for city that just broke a million, with a metro population of 1.3 million.
Ottawa was just late to the condo boom. And now seems to get the worst of it. Extremely tall buildings. Cheap design and cladding. And no real community and planning integration. The
majority of city councilors in Ottawa being bought by developers probably has a lot to do with it.