What do you think of this project?

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Markyeg said:
They’re looking to break ground in early 2026, but this has been delayed so much don’t hold me to it.
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With any luck that rendition will be delayed forever. Is everybody in Edmonton in a low income situation? The push for affordable housing has gotten out of hand. That proposed building will be in a high profile location on one of the nicest routes into the river valley and downtown and will reputationally damage the city.
 
Out of Towner said:
Is everybody in Edmonton in a low income situation?
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Not everyone, but a good chunk of the city is. Cost of living skyrocketed and interprovincial and international migration has strangled the job market to a point in which even some jobs that previously paid relatively well are down to minimum wage because people will take what they can get. Couple that with the fact that Alberta hasn't seen an increase in the minimum wage in 6 years, and now has the lowest in the country, and yeah, Edmonton needs affordable housing, and A LOT of it.
I was driven away from the city because of those factors.
 
It's not that much of a stretch if that rendering is representative of what's going to be built there. Engineered 6X6 posts to support the balconies and chintzy vinyl picture over slider windows? That's low cost cost engineering and construction on a gateway to one of Edmonton's best assets. Surely the cities zoning needs to take that into account. I mean what next. A bottle depot on an adjacent lot?
 
ChazYEG said:
Not everyone, but a good chunk of the city is. Cost of living skyrocketed and interprovincial and international migration has strangled the job market to a point in which even some jobs that previously paid relatively well are down to minimum wage because people will take what they can get. Couple that with the fact that Alberta hasn't seen an increase in the minimum wage in 6 years, and now has the lowest in the country, and yeah, Edmonton needs affordable housing, and A LOT of it.
I was driven away from the city because of those factors.
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If you look at statistics for any city not just Edmonton, you will find average income is really not that high and a fairly small percentage of people are high income.

Some cities do have more visible concentration of wealth in certain parts of their downtowns because of corporate or government offices, wealth immigrants or retirees or retirees moving there.
 
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