06-15-2018, 01:34 PM
(06-15-2018, 11:09 AM)Markster Wrote: Is KW really so small that they can't have two places with somewhat overlapping goals? Inevitably, they will each find a niche so as to be complementary.
Also, the way they complain about the tower development itself:
Quote:they also fear its size and scale is a poor fit for the area and will have a "negative and lasting impact on the uptown core."
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Their letter also went on to question the amount of parking available near the Waterloo site, and said it "would appear to be a continuation of the student housing towers lining King Street."
Reads as very typical NIMBY concerns: "too tall", "not enough parking", "wrong tenants".
I wonder if they live nearby?
NIMBY's generally don't drop MILLIONS into the community. NIMBY's show up at city hall to complain about this and that, but you'd never see them put in any real effort into bettering the community.
I doubt they live close to this potential development anyway, really, not many live in that area.
What this couple is; very successful, very wealthy, very generous. They have a real concern that their millions of dollars of donations could be all for naught if you have a second STEAM opening up less that 4KM away, one that could end up reducing both places to something that cannot be sustained.