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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I don't think 2012 stats alone are the correct ones to look at in the context of this debate. The housing starts that are occurring now are in development plans that were completed and approved long before Nenshi's and Stanley's time. Rather contrast those stats with what the planning department is up to these days and Stanley's comments that 'maybe only 2 plans actually get started in the next 10 years' and it becomes obvious why an industry that's made a lot of money on slapping up single family homes in record time is having a cow.
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Very good point, and to speak to the bolded part perhaps that is Stanley's way of asking for the builders to step their game up? I'm just hypothesizing here, but he knows that there will always be greenfield development in Calgary, and by throwing down comments like that perhaps he is hoping to see them elevate their game.
Now choosing to do this via a public talk may not have been the best forum...