Posted Mar 18, 2010, 4:45 PM
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In Ottawa, unlike any other of the big Canadian, or American metropolitan areas for that matter, there is a large portion of the populace which believe condos are completely unacceptable and general. In Centertown, at distance of 1km to the CBD, the height of this project, 24&20 floors are respectable considering you know the development and ratchets expect that in this city a couple floors are coming off almost anything with over the 6 or 12 storey limits. Respectably there is no shadow concerns, adjacent to LTR, and Carling, as well as roughly a km to the 417 on ramps, Parkdale, Rochester, and again 1km to the ORParkway, and the QEParkway. Of course, the bylaws, everything south of Gloucester 12 stories hard CAP? Six stories on main thoroughfares and transit routes, really? While Furthermore, they pretend to utter this intensification plan, lose considerable taxpayer dollars at the OMB.
Not every development is perfect at all, in fact i'm all for demanding more out of developers and giving back with community aspects in projects, but the level of NIMBYism in this city is unprecedented and disapointing.
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