John Lusink is President of RealServus Holding Corporation and its premium brokerages, Right at Home Realty and Property.ca Inc. He has close to 40 years of real estate experience including an award-winning commercial sales real estate career and ownership of a major residential real estate franchise.
"There’s no simple answer. Cities change and evolve along with the people who live in them ... But there is a better way to go about creating the homes and communities we need."If you live in a large Canadian city, it’s hard to miss the ever-present construction cranes that dominate the skyline. They're everywhere, with developers building frantically to meet the needs of our ever-growing population.
While more housing is urgently needed, the relentless push to build without a real plan is impacting the livability of these neighbourhoods. There’s little consideration for creating places where people can live through various stages in their lives, from young singles and couples, to families with kids, to retirees.
Newmarket is another example of a city undergoing a very high level of development, with schools and other public institutions facing similar struggles as Toronto, with extra load forced on them. On the plus side, however, development has kickstarted major upgrades to roads, brought in dedicated bus lanes, and necessitated other improvements to traffic-related infrastructure.
Instead of reactively saying we need to build more homes and then giving developers carte blanche, we need to bring in a plan – one that puts people’s needs over investor preferences and considers the true impact of accelerated development.
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