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darklord700 · 10-29-2014, 12:57 PM

These mid rise will likely be built just outside of downtown, e.g. Mission, where the land is still pretty valuable. So these definately do not qualify as affordable housing by any stretch of imagination. It's just a ploy for the developers to squeeze out 2 more floors or close to 50% more units to sell with basically the same wood framed design.

I can see the reduction in construction costs might be important to low rise in Silverado. But to these still premium condos, it's like using linoleum to save on flooring costs in a million dollar home.

The ongoing maintenance costs will likely be higher for wood framed than concrete. So do the owners really save anything in the end? I don't think so.

10-29-2014, 12:57 PM	#2652
darklord700 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	These mid rise will likely be built just outside of downtown, e.g. Mission, where the land is still pretty valuable. So these definately do not qualify as affordable housing by any stretch of imagination. It's just a ploy for the developers to squeeze out 2 more floors or close to 50% more units to sell with basically the same wood framed design. I can see the reduction in construction costs might be important to low rise in Silverado. But to these still premium condos, it's like using linoleum to save on flooring costs in a million dollar home. The ongoing maintenance costs will likely be higher for wood framed than concrete. So do the owners really save anything in the end? I don't think so. Last edited by darklord700; 10-29-2014 at 01:03 PM.