02-18-2015, 02:16 PM
(02-18-2015, 08:11 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I wouldn't be absolutely sure about that. We've seen what other locations can get you: the 6 storeys of Red on King were much too tall and intrusive according to many council delegations when it was being approved, and they won't be the last group of people who bought two storey homes next to the busiest street in a region of over half a million who think that such a street should not have anything more than two storeys of their choosing on it.
But at Ottawa, you have a station where a redevelopment map is wide open, land prices are lower, and neighbour issues like this far less likely to occur. There is some attractiveness to that, from a developer standpoint.
That's a really interesting point. I would assume that redevelopment around the Allen and Hospital stations would happen a lot sooner than at Ottawa. But you're right that there is a lot more possibility for obstruction by property owners- as we have seen- in the former locations. I wonder how much that would effect developers' thinking.