Andrew3D
Active Member
Other design districts are in established parts of the city. These retailers moved in knowing intensification was on it's way. King Street developments would be fine but the only way to get the numbers in that developers property is with tall point towers. Complaints should have been made when the developer bought the property not after. Was it not obvious that this would happen? They only own the distillery, not the land around it. Sean for the numbers of people they need to make a healthy profit they must build up. How do you propose they build mid-rise on that area of land? They'd need to convert all those buildings into condo's and loft plus build on top of half of them. I think what we're getting is more then fair. Right now all they're doing is dismantling one old warehouse to build on top of it.
Do we say "NO" to the developer and watch businesses flee the area as we expect them to wait for the perimeter of the district to rise?
I'm sure if you approached the developer and asked them to purchase more land from TEDCO and build around it you'd be scoffed at. This is their investment and thus far they've returned the site to it's former glory if not even better. It's now a nice area and no longer just a great place to shoot movies to look like Auschwitz.
Do we say "NO" to the developer and watch businesses flee the area as we expect them to wait for the perimeter of the district to rise?
I'm sure if you approached the developer and asked them to purchase more land from TEDCO and build around it you'd be scoffed at. This is their investment and thus far they've returned the site to it's former glory if not even better. It's now a nice area and no longer just a great place to shoot movies to look like Auschwitz.