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BD+C
MARCH 13, 2024
This blog first appeared as part of Gensler's Design Forecast blog series , looking at what’s next in 2023 and beyond. financing more socially inclusive projects is often the stickiest issue—particularly if you want to take something that is classified as office and convert it. I would add zoning to the conversation.
Santa Cruz Architect
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Just recently, Freddie Mac updated their ADU financing options and CalHFA extended their ADU Grant Program to help even more homeowners build backyard homes. While the Senate voted to pass the law, it will need to be re-reviewed by the Committee on Governance and Finance before it can be passed into law. Objective Standards Only.
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Brandon Donnelly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
It then goes on to suggest that some of the reasons for this include: cultural biases in favor of suburban living, antiquated building codes (such as the requirement for two means of egress ), exclusionary zoning ordinances, bad urban schools, financing availability, and so on.
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney MFPRO+ Blog High-rise Construction Apartments Office Buildings Engineers Codes Regulations Adaptive Reuse Reconstruction & Renovation Seismic Design Office-to-residential conversion seems like a simple solution to a problem. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.
Brandon Donnelly
MAY 22, 2022
On the other hand, if you’re building a condominium building in a market that generally relies on pre-sales for construction financing, which is the case here in Toronto, you spend a bit of your money up front, lock in (but not collect) most, if not all, of your project revenue, and then you spend the majority of your money.
Community Architect Daily
MARCH 8, 2024
A train without development: Failing mall next to a transit station (Photo: Philipsen) With zoning squarely in the hands of local council representatives, NIMBY pressure is always on them to keep new housing in existing communities at bay, especially denser multifamily housing that could bring "those people" to their neighborhood.
Brandon Donnelly
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
Colliers recently hosted a webinar about inclusionary zoning here in Toronto. In other words, there has been a destruction of value, and so something is going to have to give in order for this project to pencil and remain financeable. This shortfall is the red box area in the above graph that says, “impact of inclusionary zoning.”
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