(11-26-2021, 02:58 PM)urbd Wrote: Good luck with all your support emails.
This development (like most) was obviously submitted with extra floors that were not part of the proforma so that the developer can slash them as soon as the NIMBYs complain. Classic tactic that most condo developers use. There is ZERO chance that this development will be approved as submitted.
Why do you think this will be the case? This forum seems to believe that NIMBYs hold all the power here but that is simply not the case. I know they're annoying, but they haven't had much impact on developments in this region. I can say that confidently not just by examining what has happened, but because I work in this industry.
For some examples: Charlie West was originally proposed to be 25 floors and ended up being 31. Duke Tower was proposed to be 33 floors and ended up being 39. Station Park was approved with basically no objection whatsoever to include 5 towers, two of them at 38 and 44 floors. Young Condos was proposed to be something like...10 floors? It ended up becoming 25. The Drewlo development was supposed to be 1 single tower at maybe 18 floors (I forget) and ended up becoming two towers at 23 and 19. 100 Victoria was proposed to be 15 and 19 and ended up being 21 and 17. 30 Francis is proposed to be 44 and I am pretty confident it will be approved. Q Condos is 34 and will likely be approved as well (the current building is all boarded up already).
NIMBYs get in the way and for sure they have caused some projects to be altered, but for the most part they achieve absolutely nothing. The vast majority of successful projects in this region were not only approved, but in many cases were even expanded.