CREB Nov 16, 2012

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Developers protest

drawn-out approvals process

Better communication needed to solve inconsistencies between parties

Some Calgary developers and builders are voicing frustration over The City of Calgary’s approval process for new communities. Citing inconsistencies in the time it takes to have projects approved, members of the development community are calling for better communication between the two parties. Reports have emerged of drastically different approval times for identical projects sent to city planners, including one northwest multiplex that saw one project approved in just three days while another took close to three months.

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“On the multi-family builders side we’re seeing excessive wait times in regards to development permits,” said Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Calgary president Charron Ungar. “Particularly as builders, and not developers, we’re seeing that there is some inconsistency on responses to development or issues that come in the process in regards to development permits, specifically inspections and that sort of thing.” In a recent story told in The Calgary Herald, delays on a single home in southwest Calgary had cost a homebuilder more than $100,000 in

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applications, appeals and added construction costs. The comments from Ungar come on the heels of remarks from Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi who, following an admission that the City needs to cut “red tape” for developers, advised the city’s development community not to present the approvals board with “crap” projects. According to Ungar, the inconsistencies in the city’s dealings with the local development community has put some strain on the relationship between the two. “I’m not going to deny that there are

rising levels of tension with the process,” said Ungar, who also serves as the president of Calgary-based builder Avi Urban. “I don’t think that people wake up in the morning hellbent on [aggravating] the development industry. “I think we’re at a little bit of a crossroads right now in the growth of our city. We’re hitting a pretty sizeable population now where we’re getting different interest groups that are quite vocal (and) that would like to affect change in their own way.”

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he City of Calgary has released its proposed adjustments to 2013-14 business plans and budgets in advance of councils Nov. 26 deliberations. According to the City, the economy and social outlook for Calgary have remained stable and there have been no major changes since council approved the 2012-2014 plans.

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