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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I'm not sure, I live and work in Vancouver.
I'm sure those areas allow some form of multi family developments on certain streets or lots but the type of development I'm recommending is more broad re zoning that takes that beyond the main corridors and corners.
Here is the Vancouver Cambie corridor plan as an example:
The lots along the main roads like Cambie or Oak Street were mostly rezoned for fairly high density condos, while the inner 4 to 5 blocks off the main streets were re zoned for townhouse developments.
You now have 3-4 single family houses being turned into 20-30 townhouse on many of these sites, thus increasing the density of the "missing middle" type properties that are large enough to have a small family but also in a prime location and walking distance to the skytrain.
Calgary may already be looking at stuff like this (I don't know). My recommendation was only that they should, and should before land values get incredibly high in those areas like they did in Vancouver. |
Vancouver is pretty unique. My wife's grandpa owned about half a city block in the E49 and Main/Fraser area. Back then it was quite comparable to Calgary home prices. Post Olympics is really when Vancouver became insane. The City got blind sided not only from a infrastructure shortfall stand point but also the immense amount of immigration.
20 years ago lane way houses, and basement suites were not as common as they are today. My wife's mom sold one of their homes 5 years ago and that was knocked down. It was a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house. It is now listed as 11 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms - no joke. They built a house, 2 full basement suites, and a laneway house. This is common for every single house going up in the community. Parking is an absolute gong show.
My MIL was telling us that the City is currently tabling the idea to allow for 6 units on each parcel of land... That will be an absolute joke...