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Toronto proposes at 49% increase to development charges

Brandon Donnelly

The big news this week for Toronto city builders is that the city has put forward a proposal to substantially increase development charges. When our cost consultant ran the numbers back in 2019, the estimate was that about a quarter of the price of a new condominium in Toronto was going to government fees and taxes.

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Michael Kimmelman again asks: 'Should New York regulate its skyline?'

Archinect

Developers have famously been manipulating the local zoning code governing allowable height in order to receive approvals, an issue Kimmelman has preached about in earnest for the past decade. The city currently only has one protected vista overlooking the Financial District from Brooklyn Heights.

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A '15-minute' planned community is set to rise in Utah

Archinect

developers who want to build basic mobility into the foundations of their designs. The development, master-planned by SOM , will specifically aim to reduce the need for cars by featuring extensive biking, walking, and transit systems. 125-square-mile section of the downtown core called the “pedestrian priority zone.”

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Deep Dive: Unearthing the Potential of Underground Development

Architizer

Consider the possibilities of expanding underground development to encompass a broader range of building typologies. Numerous countries across the globe are actively venturing into underground development beyond transportation and utility infrastructure. Completed in 2018, the bicycle parking accommodates over 13,500 bikes.

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RICS News 2023: UK Government Budget

e-architect

This is something RICS has repeatedly called for, and we’d be pleased to continue to offer our expertise in this area to the UK Government. Levelling up and devolution The re-ignition of investment zones in certain parts of the UK will stimulate regeneration but keeping alight the drive on other policies is needed alongside this.

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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

Deezen

Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone. I'm not qualified for that. But I am qualified to dream big." The photo is by Harald Krichel.

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Restaurant of Metasequoia Grove in Shan Wan Village by GOA | Restaurants

Architonic

In 2020, the Chinese government launched the "Wujiang · Beautiful Village" rural revitalization proposal. Areas around Zhongjiadang, and Suzhou would be the first launching zone of the program. This project is within the proposed launching zone.

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