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Originally Posted by portapetey
It is going to suck, but let's face it, if they exercised their legitimate right to complain and try to get the project revised, we'd be chasing them with pitchforks and calling them anti-development NIMBYs who won't let Halifax be great.
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Is it legitimate? I agree that it's bad for the tenants and probably the owner of the building but I'm guessing the building lots are well-defined and have been where they are for a long time. The original developer decided to build decks and windows right up to the lot line. A new apartment building going up next to this other apartment building isn't exactly an exotic and unforeseeable eventuality.
From an overall housing perspective it seems like fixing these problems is a negative trade-off for the city too. The new buildings usually have more units in them and are more valuable than the old ones. Often it would be a lot cheaper for the developer to fairly (or more than fairly) compensate building owners and residents than it would be to modify the building plans.