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Originally Posted by fredinno
I meant started building. No one has really started building on Broadway (TBF, largely on purpose). And considering how long it takes to get towers constructed, completion in 2010-2006 means the 'speculation' phase was likely 2007-2002- the period when the Evergreen Line was an LRT project, and ended up being shelved in favor of the Canada Line.
In other words, you're making a case for developers being excited for LRT, not Skytrain.
No offense, but I'm pretty sure a bunch of random realtors aren't exactly the best source...
Though, then again, really, all either of us are just doing is speculation.
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Got it. In which case, you can look at Richmond and the Canada Line (excluding OV, since there were other reasons for that), with developers trying to finish before/during/slightly after opening day. If you're willing to move the goalposts to systems other than SkyTrain, Portland decided to redevelop their downtown in stages, in tandem with streetcar construction; that's where the continent-wide fallacy about "streetcars creating density" comes from.
LRT, RRT, developers get excited for any kind of "RT" (even rapid buses sometimes). But unless you're as far out as Abby and Maple Ridge, the WCE isn't "rapid" enough to count.
Fair enough, but a 2006-2010 window still doesn't point toward commuter rail TOD. The WCE opened in '95, so that's an even slower approval process than Vancouver!
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