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Finally, PenEquity and UTRCA to talk 27 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
TODAY’S ENTRY #889: On the eve of city council’s debate on PenEquity’s proposed mega mall on the super highway, the Toronto development company and the Upper Thames River Conservative Authority are re...
The PenEquity numbers game 26 Aug 2013 | 06:52 am
TODAY’S ENTRY #888: There are a lot of different political numbers churning as city council meets Tuesday night to debate PenEquity’s $200 million mega shopping centre proposed for land south of the ...
The rules PenEquity disregarded 22 Aug 2013 | 07:17 am
TODAY’S ENTRY #887: Normal procedure, when a proposed development might clash with environmental policies, is for the developer to discuss the matter in advance with the Upper Thames River Conservatio...
PenEquity will need to compromise 20 Aug 2013 | 07:03 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #885: A proposed mega shopping centre and multi-screen theatre returns to city council’s planning and environment committee today. Although PenEquity says any change it is forced to ...
A long-term deal with potential 12 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #884: The deal between the City of London, Western University, the big teaching hospitals and their research arms, could have significant benefits. Londoners need to be patient and s...
Math, politics and ignorance 28 Jul 2013 | 05:46 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #883: The mathematics on adjusting, if necessary, London’s Urban Growth Boundary are straightforward. The politics is, for the most part, predictable. But councillors who are ignoran...
Protecting your pocketbook 22 Jul 2013 | 05:18 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #882: A lot of land owners would like city council to move them inside the Urban Growth Boundary where residential and commercial development is allowed. For taxpayers, there are mil...
We can be better prepared 15 Jul 2013 | 06:16 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #881: The cost of disaster-proofing London is probably far more than most of us are prepared to pay, but London, like most Canadian cities, could do a better job of preparing for cli...
Safe from the flood – for now 8 Jul 2013 | 07:09 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #880: In the last 76 years the Thames River has suffered two 250-year flood events. The first caused significant damage in London; the second we barely noticed, saved by a system of ...
Reinventing London Transit 3 Jul 2013 | 05:36 am
THIS WEEK’S ENTRY #879: London’s public transportation utility is becoming so successful it is reaching the point of failure. That’s the conclusion a consultant’s report reaches as it urges moves that...
