do we even have proper developers in Hamilton's former city?? they all appear to be speculators to me.
Not one of them takes a lead role in trying to change the operations at city hall...in fact, they encourage all the easy approvals for sprawl and stupid taxes that encourage vacant brownfields.
We need guys with vision like Frisina who went before council and had the 6-storey height limit repealed in order to build an 18-storey apartment - wonderfully designed might I add (any developer who cares will get a GOOD architect). Then he went on to build a 43-storey tower that remains our tallest today. From 6 stories to 43! How? By educating the council on the merits of intensification and building 'up' instead of 'out'.
todays losers do the complete opposite....they try to brainwash the local populace of the 'harmful' effects of building up instead of out. Raise the Hammer nailed this issue a couple of years ago:
http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog.asp?id=033
These guys are losers with no vision for the city. How far we've fallen since the days of great vision and smart business practices of guys like Frisina.
Threaded Mode