315 Miwate at Zibi [Block 204] | 74.57m | 23s | Dream | NEUF

[jay2028]

Government had a few years to take over, but didn't. Of course it was Harper at the time, and he couldn't care less. I'm sure the NCC would purchase the site now had it still been on the market, but it would be years of planning and consultation before anything ever got done. Best case scenario, it would have stayed an industrial wasteland for another decade or two.

At first I was trying to argue in favour of the private sector, but now I don't know.

Dream may never have established a presence in Ottawa, so no Odenak and potentially local developers would have continued building sub-par designs. There, here's an argument in favour of what we're seeing now.

Some did file legal challenges i think could have scared off any other groups..

 

[zzptichka]

Which is not for another 10-15 years

you are an optimist

 

[zzptichka]

In retrospect it should've been done the same way NCC is doing right now with Lebreton Flats. Create a master plan and offer parcels one-by-one to the developers.

 

[HeIsTheOne99]

you are an optimist

haha fair enough. It’s been taking so long that you have to wonder what the development strategy is. Existing units seem to be selling pretty well so far, so I don’t think that it would have to do with a lack of interest/demand- maybe they think that if they build too much at once, the area would be oversaturated and there wouldn’t be much interest

 

[jay2028]

In retrospect it should've been done the same way NCC is doing right now with Lebreton Flats. Create a master plan and offer parcels one-by-one to the developers.

That slows projects down big time.