Proposed Marda Loop development is a ‘tipping point’: residents yyc
A group of residents in the southwest Calgary community of Marda Loop have come together to voice their opposition to a proposed development and further densification in the neighbourhood.
“Given that it’s the fifth building in five blocks by the same developer with the same sort of design, it’s a tipping point for the citizens and community members,” Kerry Parker Smith with Save Our Marda Loop told Global News. “We are adjacent to two-storey properties, so the transition isn’t sensitive and the size of it is so out of scope,” she said.The properties included in the rezoning application for the proposed Marda Loop development.Other concerns for residents in the area are the neighbourhood’s road infrastructure, and the potential impact of the proposed development on traffic and parking around the site.
Save Our Marda Loop has started a petition against the proposed rezoning of the site. It had garnered nearly 200 signatures as of Tuesday. “While we’re almost finished reviewing this application, it still needs to go to Calgary Planning Commission, followed by a public hearing of council for discussion and potential approval,” Ashley Parks, a community planning co-ordinator with the City of Calgary, said in a statement to Global News.Story continues below advertisement
Alkarim Devani, an industry expert and the president of a development firm called RNDSQR, said the City of Calgary is trying to provide certainty to residents and the industry when it comes to increasing growth in inner-city communities.
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