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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
You are likely referring to Area Redevelopment Plans ("ARPs"). In theory, ARP is a planing document prepared to provide planning guidelines for property redevelopments within an established (older) area of the City. They take many years of involvement from city planners, politicians, consultants and community volunteers before they get approved. And then, they are, by declaration, supposed to be useful for only 5 or so years (which is rarely, if ever, the case). In essence, they are an effort to supplement Land Use Bylaw by giving it more community context. In practice, unless the City consolidates and owns most of the properties in the area (i.e. East Village), most of these documents are stillborn and an obstacle to redevelopment more than an enabler, because they do not respect the economics of redevelopment for the variety of property owners. If guidelines stated in the ARP are conflicting with project economics, developers apply to have ARP revised, so the decision is always political in the end and depends on the strength of City Council lobbying by developers vs. community activists.
In summary, unless you are dreaming of becoming a property developer and have a specific property in mind, don't pay too much attention to them.
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I really appreciate the insight. Despite their non-implementation, it is nice to read through of what could be.
The one I am really interested in is the 50th ave redevelopment.
Any additional insight into this plan?
Also sorry all, I posted this twice, once here and once in the "I work for the mayor, ask me anything"