Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed

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From Councillor Davey on Reddit:

Hey... just taking a second to thank everyone for the comments here. Reddit is a trusted sounding-board.

I voted in favour of the development and am still reeling a bit that it failed tbh. It wasn't a perfect proposal, few are, but within the context of a housing supply crisis, I thought ~1200 new homes within a ~5 min walk of the Multimodal Transit Hub was a no-brainer. There was also a donation securing 48 new affordable homes tied to this that is now in jeopardy... and everyone knows how much we need those.

We have a good council, and even when I lose a vote, I typically understand the rationale and relative-weight of the counter-argument, but with this one... I'm struggling.

I wish I noticed this post before I sent off an email to council. I would have mentioned that even some of their members think they f'd up hard (written, of course, in the most professional passive-aggressive way... ).