Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C

[the_conestoga_guy]

Would be interesting to me to see are more dynamic process for positive design input from panels of candidate residents, current residents (not just the NIMBYs), etc. Especially if that rewarded some faster or easier pass through approvals that did have economic upside.

What type of ROI are local developers making on their building projects. How much more does it cost to design and build “nicer buildings”. Are most of our local builds financed by private equity? If so there is usually a guaranteed ROI on those finance deals. If margins are too thin, what is the incentive to build. Not an expert. Just asking.

I'm surprised this recent project hasn't been referenced as an example of an alternative funding model:

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...fc716.html

For what it's worth, I don't think these buildings are the most beautiful in the world, but I think they look worlds better than some of our condos like DTK.