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Originally Posted by Reneeee
This... Can anybody explain the rationale that East Village was the spot to develop aside from it being close to city Hall.
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I think the rationale was that when you are starting a new area from the ground up, the City figured it was best to add incentives so the area is developed quickly creating demand.
Slow development of that area will not make it desireable. You want to live downtown, you want to be close to amenities.
It was also good to start development quickly to force out the nefarious activities that went along around it.
The Beltline doesn't have that issue. When i moved to the Beltline I was already surrounded by a ton of amenities. It is the reason the area is desirable.
Victoria Park was the last area that attempted to gentrify or build up. It was poorly thought out though and after Torode built one tower, the associated development never happened. It took its bankruptcy and the subsequent cheap sale of its land (somewhat subsidizing the Guradian) for more development.
I don't think the rationale for controlled and focused development in blighted areas is a bad thing, and I feel like most of the people on CP would feel the same way if it wasn't an argument for holding the new arena back.
One of the last things that the City needs is a underwhelming development of the West Village. The
last thing they need is an underwhelming development of WV, EV, and a 400 million dollar debt from CalgaryNEXT.