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Originally Posted by Coleraine
You seem to forget that there are homes in that so called "blighted" area - people have made their homes here for years some for as long as 50 years.
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I referred to area from the Thames to South St. Maybe blighted is a bit harsh, but brownfield would be correct. However the area overgrown with weeds and is in need of development...
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There are at least 20 residences directly opposite from this development and no one is saying NIMBY what they are saying is please respect the plan the City was looking for, and don't try to tell us YOU wouldn't shout as loud as possible if it was your house directly impacted by this development.
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That is the definition of NIMBY, shouting as loud as you can about development because its close to you and in your opinion somehow worsens the neibourhood. IMO this development would revitalize the area, it brings more people together, brings jobs to the area and mostly importantly for you would raise property values
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Remember Resevoir Hill, Wortley Village, Old North none of those projects went ahead as originally planned this is the same situation this is a residential area NOT a commercial corridor. Check out Springbank Drive and the Trowbridge neighbourhood complaints since the new medical building went up - would you like a thousand vehicles a day passing in front of your home?
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To be fair Resevoir Hill is going ahead, even bigger than originally planned... As well traffic is historically low on South St. since the hospital closed so it only natural it increases again. Personally I'm South of SoHo and I have no problems with developement in my area. There's been talk for decades to connect Colbourne to Wellington via Beverly which would impact the area. I'm all in favour but its those type of NIMBY arguments that kill the project, and ultimately contribute to London's economic downturn.
The bottom line is you have a developer wanting and willing to spend $100s of millions on an area that is below its potential, and has no other substantial development proposed or planned. It the right type of development; high density, provides medical field jobs in a former medical area, a mixed demographic residence. It increases the attractiveness of SoHo to everyone, increases tax revenues and importantly property values! The definition of Win-Win