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Originally Posted by Beatle17
The Bow wasn't included in the original application. It was added, or zoned, after the fact because the original CRL for the EV would not be feasible, or approved by the government, without the billion dollar buildings taxes included.
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Yes. Again, nobody has tried to hide this fact. It is brought up constantly whenever it is brought up. Including several times in this thread.
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As to whether CSEC has the ability to develop the area, I think I would put my trust in a group of men who have developed billions of dollars of projects with all levels of government over a group of people who can't even deal with secondary suites in the city (city council has been dealing with this for years and can not even solve this simple item).
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Council isn't in charge of development, be it the East Village, Victoria Park, or elsewhere. So no worries there.
Also developing oil sands projects in Northern Alberta is also a lot different than urban revitilization or throwing money to get your name on the side of the building. What sort of urban renewal experience do any of the members of CSEC have that the CMLC does not?
Remember, this is the company who wanted a CRL to fund their arena(+ stadium), so they seem to know less about it than the people who knew they needed to add The Bow footprint to the CRL area to actually secure loans.