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Originally Posted by someone123
By the 2000's or so most housing starts were already multi-unit but most commonly they were in ~5 storey wood frame buildings, and there were a few 12-20 storey towers built. These days the standard buildings are 8-16 storey concrete structures and there's a steady stream of 30-40 storey towers.
On the flip side those wood buildings had very affordable rents by today's standards even when brand new.
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Thanks for the info. I'm all for wood frame multi-family, and mass timber for high-rises to lower construction costs.
Interesting to see Halifax's evolution.
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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
When you see how close that post-war "suburb" is to DTK, you realize how small a city it still was back in period after the war.
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Kitchener is developing quite the linear skyline. Will be interesting to see how it develops over the next decade or two.
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