There’s been a lot newsprint recently regarding the building of the 18 story building at the corner of Macdonell and Woolwich. The city can have their cake and eat it too.
By encouraging development downtown, the developers has purchased and have plans for numerous downtown buldings. Now, all counsel has to do is adhere to the height requires, established years ago, to retain the historic character of the downtown area. In my opinion this is paramount. The developer(s) will make their money whether it’s 10 stores or 18 stores.
Guelph needs to retain its character. Development will come because of it. DP