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Originally Posted by chowhou
It think it should be obvious that I support the developer having the right to demolish this building and I'm not going to condemn them for exploiting loopholes to do what I believe has to be done. Holburn certainly isn't my favourite developer in the world for various other reasons, but I'm not going to support punishing them for this.
Sometimes the rule breakers and benders are the dark knights we need. I applaud the immigrant homeowners of the 70s that exploited building code loopholes to build the Vancouver Specials with twice the FSR normally legally allowed and build illegal basement suites. I tentatively applaud the Shaughnessy homeowners that burn down their multi=million dollar heritage designation mansions though I wish it could be done in a safer way. I applaud MST Developments using anti-colonialism rhetoric to sidestep the heritage designation of 4949 Heather Street to redevelop it. I applaud the immigrant homeowners that build 8000sqft "SFHs" in the suburbs and house multiple families in them like small apartment buildings.
We are in a housing crisis and it's a universal fact that when inelastic demand hits a market with the supply legally banned, the consumers don't just leave. They're forced to turn to grey and black market supply to meet demand.
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The problem is that Holborn is likely to demolish and then rush to do…nothing. Their standard m.o. This is exactly why the dumb “community garden” dodge needs to go. If we’re in a housing crisis then the city aiding landbanking is foolish and contradictory.
As to the bold rule breaker Miaofei Pan and his incredible combusting Shaughnessy mansion I shouldn’t feel too bad for him, it was just one of several homes he owned. I do have a question for SSPers regarding him though. His profession is listed as developer, anyone here know what he’s actually developed?
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