05-26-2018, 02:52 PM
(05-26-2018, 11:59 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(02-21-2015, 03:41 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Townhouse development would add at least 160 students to Lower Doon
February 19, 2015 | Catherine Thompson | The Record | LINK
Three years later, it's still being argued. The neighbourhood is apparently "at a tipping point" of becoming a "student ghetto". (Didn't know new townhouses were what defined a ghetto …)
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/863...ower-doon/
Apparently the residents prefer that the students live in converted houses and basement apartments.
The city needs to NOT take care of the NIMBY's and allow for high density housing in that area. According to some of the plans that I have seen, there is a call for some very tall student apartments in that area (by tall I mean 20-40 storeys). Will look interesting from the 401 if everything gets approved.