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Originally Posted by spaustin
The political battles fought over some proposals undoubtedly has an impact, however, more often than not, council says yes. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the lack of development Downtown has had more to do with basic market conditions then anything else. If the market were there, Internaional Place would have gone ahead ages ago since it has been approved for years. Blaming the Heritage Trust is easy, but that doesn't make it so.
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Spaustin, I am not sure if you have lived in other cities. Taking years to get a development approved and through appeals isn't the way that it works in most cities. Cities that grow are the ones that are pro-active and encourage growth. Basic market conditions can be changed; in other words just because the province of Nova Scotia and the Halifax area has been behind in growth in the past it doesn't have to always be that way. I am not sure of your perspective - maybe you don't want growth - if that is the case then that is your right. However, the Halifax area can be promoted and grow with the right public officials and the elimination of red tape.
Also, you have mentioned the International Place (IP) in the past. They are not ready to proceed but this one is. The International Place not proceeding doesn't make a case for this one not to proceed. And in any case, you can use this same argument against residential being built at that site - right now Salter Street and United Gulf residential developments are on hold.
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