07-20-2017, 12:25 PM
Residents in the neighbourhoods north of Victoria voiced opposition to the Google building, school of Pharmacy, and 1Vic, due to it polluting their viewscapes. When public consultations on the Hub were held, there were three options for people to support: low density (up to 6 storeys), medium density (up to 10 storeys), and high density (up to 18 or 20). Many of those same residents came out to support no more than 4 storeys. I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but the public usefulness of this project, its transit foundation, will be designed according to what is affordable to a developer, and that will in large part depend on what profits they can make on the office/residential components involved. A 4 storey building wouldn't be able to support any, realistically, and they've also got to use those profits to fund the preservation and reuse of Rumpel Felt (not cheap). Even 6 storeys would be a laughable use of what should be the single densest plot of land in the entire region. That the upper limit was set at 20 storeys even baffles me a bit in the context of the site within the region.