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Originally Posted by Bigtime
I'm curious, where do developers that have "urban" divisions stand on all of this?
I would have to think the fact that they are adapting and adding a division to cater to the growing infill/multi-family market shows that they are adapting to the times, while the purely greenfield SFH builders are trying to hang onto the glory days tooth and nail.
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Heck, even a strictly surburban developer who provides a different type of product could benefit from the changes that are happening in Calgary. The type of suburbs we are building is changing, and those that can build the sort of houses that fit Keystone or Seton stand to gain from that.
There's a push to allow different types of homes into our city, and the guys who have experience in those types of homes would benefit from that. Of course, people who have experience with stuff Calgary doesn't have are "outsiders" so to speak. So the Calgary homebuilders have an incentive to try to keep things the same to maintain their advantages.
I also don't know where they stand, but I too would have to think that some developers would actually be onboard with these changes. All the way from the more innovative greenfield developers to the downtown condo-builders. A lot of the the people who would want new opportunities opened up (and who can help us evolve as a city) would not be Calgary-based though.