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Originally Posted by Slava
^ I don’t buy that for a second. I’m in Ward 11, and I could totally see this happening in my community, because the lots are larger and a developer could easily add multiple units on one lot here. There are some communities in the ward where that isn’t an issue, but others where it would be sooner.
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Look for yourself and tell us if it is happening (pretty sure this shows everything from the last 2 years or so; not sure what causes things to fall off here but I saw some back to late 2023):
https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/
Perusing the west side of 14th St I saw:
- a few new SFH (and a bunch of additions to existing SFH that are not new living units)
- about a half dozen new garage suites
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One 8-plex on a corner lot in Braeside . Bound on two sides by road and a third side by alley. Tons of street parking available.
The garage suites are great! MIL *shudder*, mortgage helper, or maybe to help an adult child launch (it's years away, but my special needs son will likely need a period of semi-independent living, so this could be a good set up for us).
These huge lots backing on to Glenmore Landing could have handled a lot more density well. Instead the 4700 sq ft 6bed/6bath old house at 1804 is getting replaced with another presumably huge SFH. Which is cool. Next door 1803 is building some sort of addition to the front over the garage (not a new unit). You can see it under construction on satellite view. Also cool.
Redevelopment will happen everywhere, eventually. But I think you can sleep soundly for a while. The thing that makes places like Oakridge and Coach Hill unique is the huge lots and relatively wide spacing between homes. While they could handle a lot more density, I expect this distinguishing feature will be more likely to be preserved with mostly SFH infills. Probably lots of duplexes, too, and even higher density along the main corridors.
But maybe you're on the east side of 14th? Gonna go explore there now. I suspect there is a bit more happening there, but still nothing crazy.