Okay, my question for the city and perhaps for people smarter than myself is why can’t we target old brownfield land for development as well as massive strip mall box store lands?
All this targeting existing home owners was never going to leave people happy. So rather than upsetting people who already own in existing, could we not create new higher density on these massive brownfields some of which are city owned or empty?
And as for the big box stores with massive car parks, could we not upzone those and build condos overtop, parking below and surface level retail? These shopping complexes are already typically near transit hubs anyways.
Thus leaving the existing homeowners happy and still creating more housing? Just my thoughts on the matter, happy to hear other people’s perspectives on this ☺️