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By H+H (registered) - website | Posted January 08, 2011 at 13:36:12

I'm not affiliated with the Whitestar Group, but certainly i've spoken with them quite a number of times throughout this stadium debate. The City does not need their land to build a stadium, no matter its size.

Having said that, the Whitestar Group has at least spent time and money putting forward ideas as to what could be done. Some of it is simply wishful thinking, but in no way do I fault them for that. I think they have helped people to think bigger. What is solid is their ownership of land in the area along Bay Street. They want to use it for higher density residential. For what it's worth, I agree with their plan.

We need more people living in the core and I don't mean the kind of density outlined in the Setting Sail Master Plan. That plan is the Meadowlands minus the big box stores. Single detached houses, townhouses and low rise (4 storey) residential all with setbacks. It's a suburban plan, not an urban one. A stadium, in my opinion, doesn't limit higher density residential in the WH. But kids, that's a whole other battle that is already shaping up, stadium or no stadium.

Comment edited by H+H on 2011-01-08 14:33:19

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