Real Estate

“In this area, there’s a growing need and demand to address connectivity. It has quite limited connectivity right now and of course, safety and accessibility. The project is an important one. It may not be what you would look at as a priority if you were just simply focused on transportation, but it’s an important one in the context of our overall plans in looking for to supporting and achieving our 2030 transportation goals.”

“Not only are we talking about equality and putting businesses that are virtually the same on the same playing field from a taxation perspective… but really recognizing the flexibility a tourist homeowner has that a commercial operator does not have.”

Over a year after it opened, a bed and breakfast had its permit denied by the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board over concerns it was a tourist home, rather than a B&B.

“There is other developments that are yet to begin construction, and some that have been allocated, but we haven’t received applications for… The largest outstanding being the last commercial development allotment, which was the train station.”

The long-awaited potential gondola in Silvertip Resort in Canmore will soon hit the public engagement phase.

“Our job is to be dispassionate observers and interpret the respective legislation to arrive at an outcome. This can be challenging when dealing with an emotional issue such as our community’s built heritage; however, that is the reality of our situation.”

“I think this is something that could’ve helped a long time ago. I think it’s something that’s going to smooth the ebbs and flows when we have high volumes of work and perhaps need to be bringing in a term contract and when there’s lower volumes of work it helps smooths things out. It’s definitely forward thinking and I think it’s going to help going forward.”

“We need some creative solutions and a broad mix of housing and the common amenity housing piece is going to be a part of that puzzle. … I feel there’s value in this as being part of a transitional zone on the Bow Valley Trail. If it’s the sort of thing that helps keep a local business being viable moving forward, I think there’s value to that.”

“When they look at a price like this within our Banff Housing Corporation portfolio, it would be tough to get in at this type of price,” said Mayor Corrie DiManno.

“It is one of the last remaining examples of early residential cottages in Banff along the riverfront lots,” said Joel Piecowye, of Shugarmann Architecture and Design.