Comment 90954

By -Hammer- (registered) | Posted August 16, 2013 at 00:22:55 in reply to Comment 90869

So your solution then instead of attempting to attract development there, and opening up parcels that COULD be rebuilt is instead to say "NO, it's fine the way it is" when it clearly isn't and hasn't been for decades.

As far as doesn't mean someone will. Somehow whenever someone says I WILL be building something, that's never enough. The Vranich development is coming along nicely and he DID follow through. As is the McMaster Health centre nearby. Building larger, buildings that employ more, house more, and add density to an area making small businesses successful.

Also, as far as WILL, the city CAN quite easily created greenspace from a small bulldozed parcel. Something that we know increases property values, and we know is in short supply in that area.

We also know that the city can subsidize development in certain areas to attract developers (who sometimes DO need a blank slate to work with). Sometimes in the form of purchasing units to be used as public housing, like it does already, and can set it's own design criteria.

http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/2609...

We also know that buildings kept in poor repair DO lower property values. We also know the generic, architecturally lacking housing tends to drastically lower in values over time (which is why so many oppose the generic suburban sprawl going up on the mountain, and went on in this area during the 60s). We also know that two floor boxes simply do not and can not offer higher population density that leads to the many benefits of a urban environment.

Stop trying to equate higher density development to building preservation, because a two floor box is pretty much the very definition of a low density development.

Still waiting for the Randle Reef mess to get cleaned up, but hopefully not much longer!

http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2012/12/18/hamilton-randle-reef-announcement.html

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