04-06-2018, 05:16 PM
(04-06-2018, 02:50 PM)welltoldtales Wrote: Pretty positive the Tannery is an average height of 14 meters. As is the Google building. Liberty village as well mostly contains 3-4 story former factories that originally drew the tech companies. They have been rezoned and are now building large condos (and tech companies are moving out).
From what I have seen 3-4 stories is good height for development.
It all depends on what we want our city to be in the future. Of course we could limit the core to 3-4 stories and avoid all neighbourhood backlash. But we'll run out of available real estate much sooner, and then either we'll need to start encroaching on existing single-family residential neighbourhoods, or go back to extending the suburbia.
In my personal view, intensification generally means (and needs) new construction taller than 3-4 stories. Conversions of existing factory buildings are a different story, of course.
In this particular case, we're replacing a surface parking lot, the development is aligned with the PARTS strategy, is located half a block from King St (and near an LRT station), and the developer has made a number of changes to address neighbourhood concerns. I respect the residents' opinions but I believe that in this case the positives far outweigh the negatives, and I do hope the city council draws the same conclusion.