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Originally Posted by Stevo26
The city should be careful here. Even if the developer is shady as all get out, he has plunked down some serious cash to start the development process. If the city delays the project to accommodate the transit hub, he could well ask for his money back and decide to kill the project, which would not be a good thing for the downtown core.
It strikes me as odd that the city would approve the project and then turn around and change the setback and other details for the sake of the transit hub. Sounds like a case of poor coordination on the part of planning officials, almost a classic 'right hand doesn't know what the left is doing' situation.
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I tend to agree, which is also why I think there must be much more to the story than we are hearing. The developer should be happy there is a major transit hub near by as that means more people would be attracted to these new towers/restaurants/etc.
Certainly there is the argument of how much space is the city requesting and how much of an impact is that really to the developer? Hopefully the 2 sides can sit down and get this worked out, I do not see that happening until the rapid transit plan is finalized (and approved)
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